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On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Horrible IMHO, it just doesn't fit in my mind set.  Still each to their own.

Yeah, the comprehension version is way more explicit (though it
probably ought to be a set and a set comp, not a tuple and a list
comp), and not as good, IMO. But it explains and justifies the
original.

ChrisA

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                Re: (test) ? a:b Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-10-26 01:09 +0100
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