meaning of: line, =

[Gregory Ewing]

Chris Angelico wrote:
> [] = x
> # is equivalent to
> try: next(iter(x))
> except StopIteration: pass
> else: raise ValueError("too many values to unpack (expected 0)")
> 
> It's a way of asserting that an iterator is exhausted!

But why disallow using () for the same thing? This
is a blatant case of outright list-ism! Tuples are
being unfairly discriminated against!

-- 
Greg