[Python-3000] PEP 3132: Extended Iterable Unpacking (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Wed May 2 04:39:45 CEST 2007

On 5/1/07, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:

> Also, what should this do? Perhaps the grammar could disallow it? > > *a = range(5)

I say disallow it. That is ambiguous as to what your intentions are even if you know what '*' does for multiple assignment.

My real point was that the PEP lacks precision here. It should list the exact proposed changes to Grammar/Grammar.

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