[Python-Dev] Tuple/list assignment question (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at iinet.net.au
Thu Aug 5 05:33:02 CEST 2004

Greg Ewing wrote:

I can't remember seeing any particular objection -- just a matter of inertia, I think (i.e. nice to have but not compelling enough to spur the BDFL to accept it).

This certainly summarises my reason for criticising it. It's application to a basic 'command parsing' scenario was a useful case I hadn't thought of, though:

commands = line.split() for line in commandFile.readlines() for command, *args in commands do: func_tablecommand

However, the slicing based alternative is fairly readable, too and if the BDFL says the interpreter changes needed to support the feature are too drastic, I'm willing to believe him :)

Regards, Nick.

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