On Jan 5, 8:49 pm, Steven D'Aprano <ste...@remove.this.cybersource.com.au> wrote:
> > (A related question - why can't I just go 'if record = method(): use > > (record)'. Why extra lines just to trap and assign the variable before > > using it?) > > Because that idiom is responsible for probably the most common error in C > of all, at least one of the most common errors. Thank goodness Python > forbids such a dangerous construct. switching = for == is the "most common error in C"? I can't tell if you are joking. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
