[Python-ideas] Generator unpacking

[Sven R. Kunze]

On 15.02.2016 18:39, Ethan Furman wrote:
> I /think/ I've used that trick to confirm an iterable was empty; I 
> /know/ I've used
>
> [some_var] = some_var

Is that an unknown Python idiom?

It looks short but still insane.

Best,
Sven