Assigning to None

[Rocco Moretti]

François Pinard wrote:
> [Rocco Moretti]
> 
> 
>>foo, bar, _ = gen_tuple(stuff)
> 
> 
>>as '_' is already special cased (last result in interactive mode), and
>>is already used for "don't care" sematics in Prolog.
> 
> 
> `_' is also the `gettext' function in internationalised programs.  It so
> seems that `_' is in great demand! :-)

Hm, then assigning to '_' might not be the best idea in 
internationalized programs, then. Well, you still have '_'*2, '_'*3, 
'_'*4, etc.