On Nov 29, 11:09 am, Christian Heimes <li...@cheimes.de> wrote: > The feature is available in Python 3.x: > > >>> a, b, *c = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 > >>> a, b, c > (1, 2, [3, 4, 5]) > >>> a, *b, c = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 > >>> a, b, c > > (1, [2, 3, 4], 5)
Interesting... especially the recognition of how both ends work with the "a, *b, c" example. That is some funky syntax. And it goes to a list instead of a tuple now, I see. It is also the opposite of what I was considering, although I expect it goes both ways like it does for functions? The given python 3.0 example is on the LHS with * packing many-to-one while unpacking (like *args inside a function), whereas I was referring to RHS-style unpacking where * explodes/unpacks one-to-many (like passing *args _to_ a function). I've steered clear of 3.x so far, but it looks like I'll have to give it a whirl if only to avoid asking irrelevant questions! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
