Re: meaning of: line, =

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Date	Thu, 5 Feb 2015 10:56:51 -0600
Subject	Re: meaning of: line, =
From	Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 9:39:27 PM UTC+5:30, Ian wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 2:40 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> > Devin Jeanpierre wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> >>> On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 4:36 AM, Peter Otten  wrote:
>> >>>> Another alternative is to put a list literal on the lefthand side:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>>> def f(): yield 42
>> >>>>
>> >>>> ...
>> >>>>>>> [result] = f()
>> >>>>>>> result
>> >>>> 42
>> >>>
>> >>> Huh, was not aware of that alternate syntax.
>> >>
>> >> Nor are most people. Nor is Python, in some places -- it seems like
>> >> people forgot about it when writing some bits of the grammar.
>> >
>> > Got an example where you can use a,b but not [a,b] or (a,b)?
>>
>> >>> def f(a, (b, c)):
>> ...     print a, b, c
>
> What the hell is that?!
> First I am hearing/seeing it.
> Whats it called?
> --
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

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Re: meaning of: line, = Albert-Jan Roskam <fomcl@yahoo.com> - 2015-02-04 14:38 +0000
  Re: meaning of: line, = Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-02-04 07:09 -0800
    Re: meaning of: line, = Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-02-04 18:36 +0100
    Re: meaning of: line, = Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-05 08:18 +1100
    Re: meaning of: line, = Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2015-02-05 01:10 -0800
      Re: meaning of: line, = Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-02-05 20:40 +1100
        Re: meaning of: line, = Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-02-05 09:08 -0700
          Re: meaning of: line, = Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-02-05 08:45 -0800
            Re: meaning of: line, = Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com> - 2015-02-05 10:56 -0600
            Re: meaning of: line, = Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2015-02-05 11:00 -0600
            Re: meaning of: line, = Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-02-05 08:59 -0800
              Re: meaning of: line, = Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2015-02-06 05:09 -0800
                Re: meaning of: line, = Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-02-06 05:20 -0800
                Re: meaning of: line, = Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-02-06 06:03 -0800
        Re: meaning of: line, = Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2015-02-05 10:21 -0600
        Re: meaning of: line, = Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2015-02-05 17:12 -0800
        Re: meaning of: line, = Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-06 12:17 +1100
          Re: meaning of: line, = Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2015-02-06 17:52 +1300
      Re: meaning of: line, = Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2015-02-06 12:30 +1300

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