[Cython] strange bug in starred target

[Vitja Makarov]

2011/3/3 Vitja Makarov <vitja.makarov at gmail.com>:
> 2011/3/3 Vitja Makarov <vitja.makarov at gmail.com>:
>> This doesn't work:
>> def assign():
>>    a, *b = 1,2,3,4,5
>>    return a, b
>>
>>>>> import x
>>>>> x.assign()
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>>  File "x.pyx", line 6, in x.assign (x.c:445)
>>    a, *b = 1,2,3,4,5
>> TypeError: Expected list, got int
>>
>> And this is ok:
>>
>> def assign():
>>    a, *b = 1,2,3,4,5
>>    return a, b
>>    *a, b = 1,2,3,4,5
>>    return a, b
>>
>>>>> import x
>>>>> x.assign()
>> (1, [2, 3, 4, 5])
>>
>>
>
> I hope problem is somewhere in map_starred_assignment()
>

That wasn't as simple as patch is...

Ticket on trac http://trac.cython.org/cython_trac/ticket/664
Pull request https://github.com/cython/cython/pull/7

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vitja.