Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka+cpyt...@gmail.com> added the comment:
For the second case, you can use a, *L[::2] = "abc" For the first case this does not work, because an assignment can have only one starred expression. Making the first case to work as you expected is breaking change. Currently L[:], *rest = 'abcdef' sets L to ['a'] and rest to ['b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f']. Consistent implementing of your idea would set L to ['a', 'b', 'c'] and rest to ['d', 'e', 'f'] (because len(L[:]) == 3 before assignment). What is your use case? Why do you need such syntax? ---------- nosy: +serhiy.storchaka _______________________________________ 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
