[Python-checkins] Language reference: Remove duplicated text about iterable unpacking (GH-25212)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b5092350b2f70ec3519761c60f7399ebcc04ebed
commit: b5092350b2f70ec3519761c60f7399ebcc04ebed
branch: 3.9
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: miss-islington <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2022-04-02T20:06:54-07:00
summary:

Language reference: Remove duplicated text about iterable unpacking (GH-25212)

(cherry picked from commit 4f5d56f8f33196f5ed8ffad0ab2f012afda2f9b3)

Co-authored-by: Jiashuo Li <4003950+jiasli at users.noreply.github.com>

files:
M Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst

diff --git a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst
index 79f4011307ed8..5f9e8dc1791d5 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst
@@ -124,9 +124,7 @@ square brackets, is recursively defined as follows.
 * If the target list is a single target with no trailing comma,
   optionally in parentheses, the object is assigned to that target.
 
-* Else: The object must be an iterable with the same number of
-  items as there are targets in the target list, and the items are assigned,
-  from left to right, to the corresponding targets.
+* Else:
 
   * If the target list contains one target prefixed with an asterisk, called a
     "starred" target: The object must be an iterable with at least as many items



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