[Roy Smith]
> 4) foo, bar = gen_tuple(stuff)[0:1]. In some ways, this is the
> cleanest because it doesn't pollute the namespace with an un-needed
> variable, but I think it's the least readable.
Less legible often means more error prone. For example, here,
foo, bar = gen_tuple(stuff)[:2]
would work better.
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