On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 4:27 PM, Abe Dillon <abedil...@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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