Pythonification of the asterisk-based collection packing/unpacking syntax

[Joshua Landau]

On 20 December 2011 00:30, Roy Smith <roy at panix.com> wrote:

> In article <mailman.3827.1324331890.27778.python-list at python.org>,
>  Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > But what about the example he gave about being logged into a customer's
> > machine with only ed available? I suppose such fools would not be worthy
> > of your business.
>
> The customer is always right.  Especially when the support contract is
> big enough to make or break your quarter.
> --
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
>

This whole conversation is ridiculous. Do we really want a syntax that's
worse just to satisfy the 1/10,000 cases* where someone will be using ed or
notepad?

Correct Answer: no.

* Probably less, as I use vim many_times_a_day * many_days_a_year - and
even less if we consider that no-one'll be doing as much coding in an hour
of ed as in an hour of <better_editor>
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