[Python-ideas] Unpack of sequences

[Mike Graham]

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> Also of course assignment has no equivalent to keyword parameters, nor
> does it (currently) allow a "lone star" -- although it would be handy
> to be able to say
>
> a, b, * = xs
>
> as a shorthand for
>
> a, b, *_ = xs
> del _

Is there any good reason not to introduce this syntax?

Mike