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Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 12:19:02 +1100
From: Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au>
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Subject: Re: Remove comma from tuples in python.
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On 21Feb2014 09:32, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> In article <mailman.7230.1392992078.18130.python-list@python.org>,
>  Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> wrote:
> > [x*x for (x,) in lst]
> >
> > [paraphrasing...] can be better written as:
> >
> > [x*x for [x] in items]
> 
> I'm torn between, "Yes, the second form is distinctly easier to read" 
> and, "If you think the second form is easier to read, you're admitting 
> you're not really fluent in Python".

+1 QOTW
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Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au>

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