[Python-Dev] Tuple/list assignment question

[Nick Coghlan]

Dave Cole wrote:

> Is there any reason why something like this would not be a good idea?
> 
>  >>> a_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
>  >>> a, b, *c = a_list
> 
> You could then do things like this:
> 
>  >>> lol = [[1, 2], [3, 4, 5, 6, 7], [8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]]
>  >>> for a, b *c in lol:
> ...
> 
> - Dave
> 

As opposed to:

 >>> for a, b, c in ((x[0], x[1], x[2:]) for x in lol): print a, b, c


With generator expressions around, I don't know that this case is common 
enough for special casing. . .

Cheers,
Nick.

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