[Python-3000] PEP 3132: Extended Iterable Unpacking

[Guido van Rossum]

On 5/1/07, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
> > Also, what should this do? Perhaps the grammar could disallow it?
> >
> > *a = range(5)
>
> I say disallow it.  That is ambiguous as to what your intentions are even if
> you know what '*' does for multiple assignment.

My real point was that the PEP lacks precision here. It should list
the exact proposed changes to Grammar/Grammar.

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