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		obiterdictum on Sept 1, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Brilliant or insane code? I think that dependency on argument evaluation order inside zip function smells a bit. It's OK here, but may bite you with a different function.

jefftk on Sept 1, 2013 [–]

    The left-to-right evaluation order of the
    iterables is guaranteed.

http://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#zip

weavejester on Sept 1, 2013 | [–]

Yes, but only for zip, which I believe was the parent posters point. With another function this technique might not work.

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