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Re: unzip function?

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From Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com>
Date Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:20:00 -0500
Subject Re: unzip function?
To "Steven D'Aprano" <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info>
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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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  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
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