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| Date | 2011-06-24 17:46 +1000 |
| Subject | Re: Interpreting Left to right? |
| From | Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.358.1308901603.1164.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> wrote:
> --> x = x['huh'] = {}
> --> x
> {'huh': {...}}
>
I would have to call that dodgy practice... unless you have a lot of
places where you need a dictionary with itself as an element, I would
avoid assignments that depend on each other.
Perhaps it's just because I'm a C programmer, but that code smells a
lot like the classic "i = i++;" blunder - nearly as bad as land wars
in Asia.
ChrisA
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Re: Interpreting Left to right? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-24 17:46 +1000
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