[Python-ideas] iterable.__unpack__ method

[João Bernardo]

> But maybe it could be extended to include the following variant:
>
>     a, b, *() = iterable
>
>
Python already supports this odd syntax

    a, b, *[] = iterable

because it interprets the [] not as an empty list, but as an empty "list of
identifiers". Maybe it could be used for something useful.

BTW, the del syntax has the same "problem"

    del a, b, (c,), [d], []
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