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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:22:49 -0700
Subject: Re: what does 'a=b=c=[]' do
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On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 8:40 PM, alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 23, 12:59=A0pm, Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> It's only irrelevant in the immediate context of the code you posted.
>> But when Joe Novice sees your code and likes it and duplicates it a
>> million times
>
> I'm sorry, but I'm not going to modify my coding style for the sake of
> bad programmers.

Nobody is asking you to modify your coding style.  The request is that
you not throw it up as an example without mentioning the important
caveats.

Also, novice programmer =3D=3D bad programmer?