[Python-ideas] Allow function to return multiple values

[Mark E. Haase]

On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 4:27 PM, Abe Dillon <abedillon at gmail.com> wrote:

> >>> a, *b = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5   # NOTE: Most itterables unpack starred
> variables as a list
> >>> type(b)
> <class 'list'>
>
> >>> a, *b = "except strings"
> >>> type(b)
> <class 'str'>
>

I was just playing around with this, and on Python 3.5.3, I see strings
unpacked as lists:

>>> first, *rest = 'spam'
>>> type(rest)
<class 'list'>

Am I doing something different, or is this something that changed in the
language?
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