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Re: get_used_memory

From Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: get_used_memory
Date 2026-06-14 18:18 -0700
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Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> writes:
>>  { a : int(b)) for x in xs if (a,b := x.split()) }
> No, for three reasons. Firstly, the lines with units result in x.split()
> having 3 members, so you can't assign it to a 2-tuple.

Oh yes I had intended to say x.split()[:2] but somehow left that out.

> Secondly, it appears that (a, b := x) means "create a tuple whose
> first member is a and whose second member is x, and also assign x to
> b", which is not at all what we need.

Yuck, I had expected tuple unpacking.  Sounds like a pitfall comparable
to "=" vs "==" that kept the := operator out of the language for so
long.  Oh well.

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get_used_memory Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-12 03:46 +0000
  Re: get_used_memory Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> - 2026-06-12 07:18 +0000
    Re: get_used_memory Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2026-06-13 12:38 -0700
      Re: get_used_memory Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> - 2026-06-13 19:58 +0000
        Re: get_used_memory Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> - 2026-06-13 20:02 +0000
          Re: get_used_memory Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2026-06-13 14:13 -0700
            Re: get_used_memory Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> - 2026-06-13 21:35 +0000
              Re: get_used_memory Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2026-06-13 15:20 -0700
                Re: get_used_memory Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> - 2026-06-13 22:53 +0000
                Re: get_used_memory Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2026-06-14 17:23 -0700
                Re: get_used_memory Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> - 2026-06-15 00:40 +0000
                Re: get_used_memory Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2026-06-14 18:18 -0700
                Re: get_used_memory Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet@unequivocal.eu> - 2026-06-15 07:20 +0000
                Re: get_used_memory Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2026-06-15 12:02 -0700
                Re: get_used_memory Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-14 01:10 +0000
      Re: get_used_memory Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-14 01:09 +0000
        Re: get_used_memory Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2026-06-14 01:28 -0700
          Re: get_used_memory Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-14 23:56 +0000

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