PEP Idea: Multi-get for lists/tuples and dictionaries (inspired in NumPy)

[Peter J. Holzer]

On 2020-03-19 14:24:35 +0000, Rhodri James wrote:
> On 19/03/2020 13:00, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
> > It's more compact, especially, if "d" isn't a one-character variable,
> > but an expression:
> > 
> >      fname, lname = db[people].employee.object.get(pk=1234)[['first_name', 'last_name']]
> > 
> > vs.
> > 
> >      fname = db[people].employee.object.get(pk=1234)['first_name']
> >      lname = db[people].employee.object.get(pk=1234)['last_name']
> 
> I have to say I don't think that's more compact at all.  It's too wide
> to be compact.

But 83 characters is still more compact than 121 characters.

        hp

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