Re: [Python-ideas] How assignment should work with generators?

Guido van Rossum wrote:

While it appears to rhyme with the use of a lone '*' in function signatures, it would actually mean the opposite: in signatures it means "don't allow any more".

That's the usage that's out of step with the rest -- all the others can be seen as some form of wildcard. So it's already confusing, and I don't think adding another wildcard meaning would make things any worse. -- Greg