[Python-ideas] Fwd: unpacking generalisations for list comprehension

[David Mertz]

I've never used nor taught a * in a list display. I don't think they seem
so bad, but it's a step down a slippery slope towards forms that might as
well be Perl.

On Oct 13, 2016 10:33 PM, "Greg Ewing" <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:

> David Mertz wrote:
>
>> it would always be "Here's a Python wart to look out for if you see it in
>> other code... you should not ever use it yourself."
>>
>
> Do you currently tell them the same thing about the use
> of * in a list display?
>
> --
> Greg
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