[Python-ideas] Allow function to return multiple values

[Abe Dillon]

No. You're right. I don't know why I thought strings were treated
differently.

On Jun 9, 2017 7:47 AM, "Mark E. Haase" <mehaase at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 4:27 PM, Abe Dillon <abedillon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> >>> a, *b = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5   # NOTE: Most itterables unpack starred
>> variables as a list
>> >>> type(b)
>> <class 'list'>
>>
>> >>> a, *b = "except strings"
>> >>> type(b)
>> <class 'str'>
>>
>
> I was just playing around with this, and on Python 3.5.3, I see strings
> unpacked as lists:
>
> >>> first, *rest = 'spam'
> >>> type(rest)
> <class 'list'>
>
> Am I doing something different, or is this something that changed in the
> language?
>
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