python list pattern matching?

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Thu, 28 May 2009 18:57:42 -0400, Terry Reedy wrote:

>  >>> a,b,*rest = list(range(10))

That fails in Python 2.5 and 2.6.

>>> a,b,*rest = list(range(10))
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    a,b,*rest = list(range(10))
        ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax




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Steven