On 30/11/2017 15:50, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 07:33:54PM +0000, Steve Barnes wrote: > >> Just a thought but what about a syntax something along the lines of: >> >> a, b, *remainder = iterable >> >> Where remainder becomes the iterable with the first two values consumed >> by assigning to a & b. > > Guido's time machine strikes again. That has worked since 3.3 if not > older. (Probably 3.0 or so, but I don't have that on this computer to > test it.) > > py> a, b, *remainder = range(10) > py> a > 0 > py> b > 1 > py> remainder > [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] > > > >
I had a sneaky feeling that it did, which raises the question of what the bleep this enormous thread is about, since the fundamental syntax currently exists.... -- Steve (Gadget) Barnes Any opinions in this message are my personal opinions and do not reflect those of my employer. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
