multiple assignments

[Ben Finney]

Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> writes:

> Ah!  I was thinking the assignments went in a filter fashion, but now
> what I think is happening is that the first item is bound to the last,
> then the next item is bound to the last, etc, etc.
>
> Is this correct?

Assignment is always the same direction: the rightmost object is the
target, and every reference on the left of an assignment operator (the
‘=’ operator) gets bound to that same object.

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Ben Finney