I've seen this used in combination with the heapq module - you can maintain a sorted list of stuff by just putting tuples like this into the heapq. The neat thing is that unlike sorting the list of tuples it can maintain the sorted condition as an invariant property.
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I've seen this used in combination with the heapq module - you can maintain a sorted list of stuff by just putting tuples like this into the heapq. The neat thing is that unlike sorting the list of tuples it can maintain the sorted condition as an invariant property.