[Python-ideas] Unpack of sequences

[Steven D'Aprano]

On 30/08/12 04:16, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

>>>> d = dict(a=1, b=2, c=3)
>>>> locals().update(d)
>>>> a
> 1
>>>> b
> 2
>>>> c
> 3
>
> Not that I'd recommend doing this, but it's possible :-)


Try it inside a function.


py> def test():
...     d = dict(a=1, b=2, c=3)
...     locals().update(d)
...     print a
...
py> test()
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
   File "<stdin>", line 4, in test
NameError: global name 'a' is not defined



-- 
Steven