On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 4:27 PM, Abe Dillon <abedillon@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?