26 Jan
2014
26 Jan
'14
8:59 a.m.
On 01/26/2014 03:42 AM, Raymond Hettinger wrote:
I think that is an over-simplification. The argument unpacking was handy in a number of situations where *args wouldn't suffice:
lambda (px, py), (qx, qy): ((px - qx) ** 2 + (py - qy) ** 2) ** 0.5
IIRC, the original reason for the change was that it simplified the compiler a bit, not that it was broken or not useful.
I'm not sure if that's applicable or other issues arise with: def fn(*p): px,py,qx,qy = p; return ((px - qx) ** 2 + (py - qy) ** 2) ** 0.5 Thanks in advance! Francis