[New-bugs-announce] [issue38516] PEP 3132 -- Extended Iterable Unpacking inconsistent assignment of * variable

[Michael Jaquier]

New submission from Michael Jaquier <mjaquier at me.com>:

x = [1,2,3]

Case (1)
*b, = x 
*b == [1, 2, 3]

Case(2)
*b, _ = x 
b = [1,2]



Is it not more logical for this to give consistent values regardless. 

i.e.,

*b, = [1,2,3] ; b == [1,2]

*b, _ = [1,3,2] ;  b == [1,2] ;  _ == [3]

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 354881
nosy: mjaquier
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: PEP 3132 -- Extended Iterable Unpacking inconsistent assignment of * variable
versions: Python 3.7

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