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Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2011 01:57:18 +1100
Subject: Re: Pythonification of the asterisk-based collection packing/unpacking syntax
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 1:47 AM, Eelco <hoogendoorn.eelco@gmail.com> wrote:
> a, middle::tuple, b = ::sequence

Then it ought to be

::(a, middle::tuple, b) = ::sequence

or something, because you're doing the same thing on both sides.

ChrisA