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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 19:12:59 +1100
Subject: Re: Code style query: multiple assignments in if/elif tree
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On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Apr 2014 18:35:52 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> Although remembering that v is
>> velocity is easier than remembering which of u and v is initial and
>> which is final.
>
> Which comes earlier in the alphabet? :-P

So why isn't v initial velocity and w final? You start with some
velocity, right?

(Okay, now I'm mostly trolling. Heh. I did say your way was better, to
start with.)

ChrisA