In <2349538.mvxudi8...@pointedears.de> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
<pointede...@web.de> writes:
> >> The obvious way does not work -
> >>
> >> a += (5, 6)
> ^^^^^^
> > Right, because a tuple is immutable.
> How did you get that idea? It has been mutated in the very statement that
> you are quoting
No. An entirely new tuple is created, and 'a' is rebound to it. The
existing tuple is not mutated.
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