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Subject: Re: what does 'a=b=c=[]' do
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On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 2:40 PM, alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm sorry, but I'm not going to modify my coding style for the sake of
> bad programmers.

And there, folks, you have one of the eternal dilemmas. The correct
decision depends on myriad factors; if you're writing code to go into
the documentation as an example, you want it to be able to handle
idiots hacking on it - but on the other hand, that same situation
demands simplicity, which is why a lot of examples omit huge slabs of
error checking.

ChrisA