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Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:43:17 +1100
Subject: Re: Making the case for "typed" lists/iterators in python
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On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 5:38 AM, Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com> wrote=
:
> On 16 December 2011 18:25, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> tee =3D lambda func,arg: (func(arg),arg)[1]
>
> What a strange way to spell it!
>
> def tee(func, arg):
> =A0 =A0func(arg)
> =A0 =A0return arg

I started with that version and moved to the lambda for compactness.
But either way works.

It's no more strange than the way some people omit the u from colour. :)

ChrisA