Python 3.10’s strict=True: Preventing Data Loss in zip Operations

zip allows you to aggregate elements from each of the iterables. However, if the iterables are not the same length, the remaining elements of the longer iterables are not paired, potentially leading to unnoticed bugs.

Starting with Python 3.10, using the strict keyword argument with zip raises a ValueError if the lengths of the iterables are unequal.

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