[Python-ideas] iterable.__unpack__ method

[Vito De Tullio]

Chris Angelico wrote:

>>>>      command, subcommand = next(iterargs), next(iterargs)

> Ah, so it is. My bad, sorry! In that case, sure, this works. It still
> violates DRY though, naming the iterable twice and relying on the
> reader noticing that that means "take two off this one".

well, about the DRY it's the same, but I found the "old stupid"

    command    = next(iterargs)
    subcommand = next(iterargs)

mostly more explicit in the "take two off this one"

maybe it's... too much explicit (and it's not a single expression!!! 
anathema!) but I found slightly more readable

-- 
ZeD