Pythonification of the asterisk-based collection packing/unpacking syntax

[Roy Smith]

In article <4eeccabe$0$29979$c3e8da3$5496439d at news.astraweb.com>,
 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:

> On Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:38:22 -0800, Eelco wrote:
> 
> > One can not state in a single line what the asterisk
> > operator does; 
> 
> Multiplication, exponentiation, sequence packing/unpacking, and varargs.

Import wildcarding?