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

[Raymond Hettinger]

> -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!

A general comment on writing style in the docs:  we ought to go easy on
exclamation points and keep a more even-toned style.


Raymond