"Barry A. Warsaw" wrote:
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The second possibility is that user code must `appear' to special case the situation when the number of sequences is exactly 1. I.e.
>>> for (i,) in zip((1, 2, 3)):
instead of the more natural (because it's less to type and because of the map() heritage):
>>> for i in zip((1, 2, 3)):
Why are you using zip in this case? If you *know* that you are going to get back 1-tuples then you must know that the input is a single list (i.e. you aren't using "apply"). So why are you using zip at all? -- Paul Prescod - Not encumbered by corporate consensus Just how compassionate can a Republican get before he has to leave the GOP and join Vegans for Global Justice? ... One moment, George W. Bush is holding a get-to-know-you meeting with a bunch of gay Republicans. The next he is holding forth on education or the environment ... It is enough to make a red-blooded conservative choke on his spotted-owl drumstick. - April 29th, Economist