From: fredrik at pythonware.com (Fredrik Lundh)
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 07:21:15 GMT
Subject: role of semilcolon
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Andy Dustman wrote:
> a=1;b=2;b=3
> 
> is the same as:
> 
> a=1
> b=2
> b=3
> 
> But a Pythonism you may want to adapt is:
> 
> a,b,c = 1,2,3

that's a somewhat dubious pydiom: the semicolon
variant is about twice as fast.

(and unless you use the -O option, the semicolon
form is also faster the one-assignement-per-line
form...)

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