On 23 April 2013 22:29, Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just thought I'd add that Python 3 has a convenient way to avoid > this problem with next() which is to use the starred unpacking syntax: > > >>> numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4] > >>> first, *numbers = numbers > That creates a new list every time. You'll not want that over try-next-except if you're doing this in a loop, and on addition (if you were talking in context) your method will exhaust the iterator in the outer loop.
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