On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 10:53:21 +0530
Suresh Jeevanandam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I read in "Python in a Nutshell" that when we have
> multiple assignments
> made on a single line, it is equivalent to have those many
> simple assignments and that the right side is evaluated
> once fo
Suresh Jeevanandam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
> I think I got confused because of "Each time" in the sentence which
> gives a feeling that it gets executed several times. Maybe, It could
> have been just written, "When the statement gets executed, the right
> hand side is evaluated once,
Alex Martelli wrote:
> Suresh Jeevanandam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>> I read in "Python in a Nutshell" that when we have multiple assignments
>> made on a single line, it is equivalent to have those many simple
>> assignments and that the right side is evaluated once for ea
While I think that the paragraph is correct still there is IMO indeed
the (low) risk of such a misunderstanding. The problem is that "the
statement executes" can IMO easily be understood as "the statements
execute" (especially if your background includes only languages where
there's no multiple ass
Suresh Jeevanandam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear all,
> I read in "Python in a Nutshell" that when we have multiple assignments
> made on a single line, it is equivalent to have those many simple
> assignments and that the right side is evaluated once for each
> assignment. [The wordin
Suresh Jeevanandam wrote:
> Dear all,
> I read in "Python in a Nutshell" that when we have multiple assignments
> made on a single line, it is equivalent to have those many simple
> assignments and that the right side is evaluated once for each
> assignment. [The wordings are mine. I am no
Dear all,
I read in "Python in a Nutshell" that when we have multiple assignments
made on a single line, it is equivalent to have those many simple
assignments and that the right side is evaluated once for each
assignment. [The wordings are mine. I am not sure if this is what he
intende
