[Python-ideas] Generator unpacking

[Chris Angelico]

On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 4:54 AM, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
>> Another aspect, I came to think of is the following asymmetry:
>>
>> a, b, c, d = mylist4 # works
>> a, b, c = mylist3    # also works
>> a, b = mylist2       # works too
>> [a] = mylist1        # special case?
>
> a, = mylist1
>
> actually.  Same "special case" as with 1-element tuples.

The one-target case is actually available to everything else; the only
difference is that the trailing comma is mandatory, not optional:

>>> a,b,c, = range(3)

Which is, again, the same as with tuples.

ChrisA