[Python-checkins] r70915 - python/trunk/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst

[georg.brandl]

Author: georg.brandl
Date: Wed Apr  1 00:40:16 2009
New Revision: 70915

Log:
#5018: remove confusing paragraph.

Modified:
   python/trunk/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst

Modified: python/trunk/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst
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--- python/trunk/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst	Wed Apr  1 00:40:16 2009
@@ -401,13 +401,11 @@
 
    >>> x, y, z = t
 
-This is called, appropriately enough, *sequence unpacking*. Sequence unpacking
-requires the list of variables on the left to have the same number of elements
-as the length of the sequence.  Note that multiple assignment is really just a
-combination of tuple packing and sequence unpacking!
-
-There is a small bit of asymmetry here:  packing multiple values always creates
-a tuple, and unpacking works for any sequence.
+This is called, appropriately enough, *sequence unpacking* and works for any
+sequence on the right-hand side.  Sequence unpacking requires the list of
+variables on the left to have the same number of elements as the length of the
+sequence.  Note that multiple assignment is really just a combination of tuple
+packing and sequence unpacking!
 
 .. XXX Add a bit on the difference between tuples and lists.