Pythonification of the asterisk-based collection packing/unpacking syntax

[Rick Johnson]

On Dec 17, 10:52 pm, buck <workithar... at gmail.com> wrote:
> [...]
> As for the separator, let's examine the available ascii punctuation. Excluding valid variable characters, whitespace, and operators, we have:
>
> ! -- ok.
No, there are better uses for that char.

> " -- can't use this. Would look like a string.
> # -- no. Would looks like a comment.
> $ -- ok.
No, there are better uses for that char.

> : -- ok, maybe. Seems confusing in a colon-terminated statement.
dear god no!

> ; -- no, just no.
> ? -- ok.
No, there are better uses for that char.

> @ -- ok.
YES!