On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 10:24 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> wrote:
But is that really so much better than 

  command = next(iterargs)
  # etc.

?

And to me the ... Looks too much like something that consumes the rest, rather than leaving it.

--Guido (not on a real keyboard)

And hypothetically

a, b, c = next(iterargs, count=3)

or

a, b, c = (next * 3)(iterargs)

--- Bruce