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| From | Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> |
| Date | 2012-01-18 11:20 -0500 |
| Subject | Re: unzip function? |
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On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote: >> That zip (*sorted... >> >> does the unzipping. >> >> But it's less than intuitively obvious. > > *shrug* > > If you understand what zip does, it should be obvious. Nobody likes to be told the thing they're confused about is trivial. It's especially bad if nobody ever actually explains what's so simple about it. Saying it's "almost its own inverse" is just restating the original question -- yes, that's what it is, but why? (I have put my own interpretation in a separate reply. ) -- Devin
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unzip function? Neal Becker <ndbecker2@gmail.com> - 2012-01-18 09:33 -0500
Re: unzip function? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-01-18 15:27 +0000
Re: unzip function? Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-01-18 11:20 -0500
Re: unzip function? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-01-18 23:20 +0000
Re: unzip function? Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-01-19 10:56 -0500
RE: unzip function? "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-02-03 00:53 +0000
Re: unzip function? Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org> - 2012-01-18 19:01 +0100
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