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[Daniel Fackrell]

"Bengt Richter" <bokr at oz.net> wrote in message
news:b9j286$74l$0 at 216.39.172.122...
> Ok, let's do the whole deal ;-)
>
>     b = self.b
>     sign = self.sign
>     a = self.a
>     c = self.c
>     y = (-b + sign*sqrt(b**2 - 4.0*a*c))/2.0*a
>     self.y = y
> vs
>     with self ~ sqrt:
>         y = (-b + sign*sqrt(b**2 - 4.0*a*c))/2.0*a


I would probably write the former as:

(a, b, c, sign) = (self.a, self.b, self.c, self.sign)
self.y = (-b + sign*sqrt(b**2 - 4.0*a*c))/2.0*a

Maybe the present request could be satisfied by finding a way to simplify
the compound assignment?

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