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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 03:33:20 +1100
Subject: Re: Tuples and immutability
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On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 3:27 AM, Eric Jacoboni <eric.jacoboni@gmail.com> wrote:
> But, imho, it's far from being a intuitive result, to say the least.

It's unintuitive, but it's a consequence of the way += is defined. If
you don't want assignment, don't use assignment :)

ChrisA