multiple parameters to append()?

[Lance E Sloan]

I downloaded an old-ish Python module, Julian, and
my Python 2.0 complained about this line from its
Zone.py file (line 61):

  self.ttinfos.append(up.unpack_int(), ord(data[6*i + 4]), 
ord(data[6*i + 5]))

So I changed it to:

  self.ttinfos.append((up.unpack_int(), ord(data[6*i + 4]), 
ord(data[6*i + 5])))

Basically, I just added another set of parens to make the
arguments all part of a tuple that is appended instead.
I don't think this is correct, though.  Although Python doesn't
complain any more, the module doesn't work exactly as
described.

I saw in the Python documentation that this multi-parameter
usage of append() is no longer allowed and has been
deprecated for some time.  How exactly did the old usage
of append() work?  I don't think I can correct the problem in
this module unless I know that.