[issue37691] Let math.dist() accept coordinates as sequences

[Raymond Hettinger]

New submission from Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger at gmail.com>:

I did some user testing with Python 3.8 and found that math.dist() was a little restrictive in only accepting coordinates as tuples.  Mostly it worked out fine except but was a little inconvenient with generalized unpacking:

   label, *coordinates = cursor.fetchone()  # coordinates is a list

Also, it would be nice to allow numpy arrays as arguments.

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assignee: rhettinger
components: Library (Lib)
messages: 348541
nosy: mark.dickinson, rhettinger, tim.peters
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Let math.dist() accept coordinates as sequences
versions: Python 3.8, Python 3.9

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