Understand Python swapping: why is a, b = b, a not always equivalent to b, a = a, b?

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00:58 Accepted answer (Score 141)
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04:57 Thank you

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Full question
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6815...

Accepted answer links:
[python.org]: https://docs.python.org/3/reference/simp...

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