[Python-ideas] Generator unpacking

[Mike Müller]

Am 12.02.16 um 13:09 schrieb Edward Minnix:
> Hello,
> 
> I am a new programmer and have been using Python for a few months.
> 
> I was experimenting the other day with unpacking (lists, tuples, etc.) And I
> realized something:
> 
> when you type:
> 
>>>> a, b, *rest = count()
> 
> The interpreter gets caught in an infinite loop which I could not kill without
> terminating my REPL.
> 
> Would there be a way to add generators to the unpackables, even if it was only
> in the front?

You can use `islice` to get the first two value from `count`:

from itertools import count, islice

a, b = islice(count(), None, 2)

Mike

> Thanks,
> Ed M
> 
> 
> 
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