On 21/09/2020 15:15, Tim Chase wrote: > You can use tuple unpacking assignment and Python will take care of > the rest for you: > > so you can do > > def fn(iterable): > x, = iterable > return x > > I'm not sure it qualifies as Pythonic, but it uses Pythonic features > like tuple unpacking and the code is a lot more concise.
I guess you just beat the topic. I think it is Pythonic and I'd be surprised if someone came with something more Pythonic. FI: The behavior of this assignation is detailed here: https://docs.python.org/3/reference/simple_stmts.html#assignment-statements -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
