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Re:Python bug: Can assign [] = (), but not () = [] by arjn on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @08:26PM (#9615346)
Waaa! ... I just did that using 2.7 idle and it worked. This is new for me.

I got stuck for a while trying to back out. Finally figured the way to reverse is to use del(): del(True) del(False).

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Re:Python bug: Can assign [] = (), but not () = [] by adregan on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @08:51PM (#9615439)
You could also do True = True == True. It's like Dorothy clicking her heels together three times.
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