def a((b,c,d),e):

[Fredrik Lundh]

"AdSR" <artur_spruce at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Small wonder since it looks like one of those language features
> that make committing atrocities an order of magnitude easier.

eh?

    def f((a, b)):
        ...

is short for

    def f(tmp):
        a, b = tmp
        ...

if you think this is an "atrocity", maybe programming isn't for you.

> Has anyone actually used it in real code?

yes.  grep the standard library for a number of typical use cases.

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