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Subject: Re: operator module functions
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 15:49:24 -0400
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On Wed, Oct 8, 2014, at 15:38, Ethan Furman wrote:
> LOL, no kidding!  The main reason I bother using the operator module is
> for the readability of not seeing the dunders, 
> and the writability of not having to type them.

I'm not sure what situation you would have to type them (as opposed to
simply a + b) that the operator module would help with.