Super Tuples

Paul Prescod paul at prescod.net
Tue Dec 28 03:38:28 EST 1999


"Barry A. Warsaw" wrote:
> 
> Neat idea, but what about
> 
> >>> second, hour, minute = (hour=24, minute=0, second=0)
> >>> print hour

It's the same as:

date =( 24, 0, 0 )
second, hour, minute = date

The only difference is that in YOUR example it is easier to find your
bug.

> Even though I think this should print `0', it does look weird.

The weirdness is your best friend.

 Paul Prescod






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