New submission from wim glenn <wim.gl...@gmail.com>:
Could cases like these be made to work? *Should* cases like these be made to work? L = [0, 1, 2] L[::2], *rest = "abcdef" # ValueError: attempt to assign sequence of size 1 to extended slice of size 2 a, L[::2] = "abc" # ValueError: too many values to unpack (expected 2) The list slice knows exactly how many slots need to be filled, so I can't immediately think of any obvious ambiguity. Maybe there are some implementation complications with supporting e.g. generators on the RHS (because RHS must be evaluated before LHS - https://docs.python.org/3/reference/expressions.html#evaluation-order). ---------- components: Interpreter Core messages: 341160 nosy: wim.glenn priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Extended slice assignment + iterable unpacking type: enhancement _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue36761> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
