On Fri, Oct 23, 2020, 5:41 AM Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 11:10 AM Steven D'Aprano <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > but that doesn't make it make sense to write `... = **values` as you >> > suggest. >> >> Iterator unpacking on a dict already works: >> >> py> d = {'a': 10, 'b': 20} >> py> spam, eggs = d >> py> spam, eggs >> ('a', 'b') >> >> so we need to distinguish the iterator unpacking case from the dict >> unpacking case. > > > I understand that, I just don't think this particular method of > distinguishing is sufficiently justified. > > (Heretical question: do we *really* need to distinguish it in syntax? > Iterator unpacking a dict seems like a dumb idea, I wouldn't be sad if we > broke compatibility there) > I would join you in this heresy. This has never made any sense to me. And the fix is easy: spam, eggs = d.keys()
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