swapping (was Re: Changing class membership)

[matthias.oberlaender at daimlerchrysler.com]

Thanks a lot for the "lesson". Yes, tuples truly make it much more elgant.

In <8rkt6o03g8 at news2.newsguy.com> "Alex Martelli" wrote:
> 
> In general, the Python swap idiom is
>     a, b = b, a
> or, of course:
>     a.something, b.whatever = b.whatever, a.something
> etc, although the idiom of
>     temp = a
>     a = b
>     b = temp
> (mutuated from languages without tuple packing/unpacking
> abilities:-) will also work, of course (less elegant, IMHO).
> 
> 
> Alex
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-- Matthias