On 2014-10-25, Wolfgang Maier <wolfgang.ma...@biologie.uni-freiburg.de> wrote:
> It may be rare to use an expression both for its side-effects and its
> return value,
It's actually quite common.
For example:
f = open("filename")
d = f.readline()
In both of those lines, the side effects and return values are equally
vital. The same applies to reading from a queue, popping from a
stack, etc.
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