convert list of tuples into several lists

[Steven Bethard]

Pierre Quentel wrote:
> Could someone explain why this doesn't work :
> 
> Python 2.3.2 (#49, Oct  2 2003, 20:02:00) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)] on 
> win32
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>  >>> def f(*args,**kw):
> ...     print args, kw
> ...
>  >>> f(*[1,2])
> (1, 2) {}
>  >>> f(*[1,2],x=1)
>   File "<stdin>", line 1
>     f(*[1,2],x=1)
>              ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>  >>>

http://docs.python.org/ref/calls.html

Steve