Nick Coghlan wrote: > Dave Cole wrote: > >> Is there any reason why something like this would not be a good idea? >> >> >>> a_list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] >> >>> a, b, *c = a_list >> >> You could then do things like this: >> >> >>> lol = [[1, 2], [3, 4, 5, 6, 7], [8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]] >> >>> for a, b *c in lol: >> ... >> >> - Dave >> > > As opposed to: > > >>> for a, b, c in ((x[0], x[1], x[2:]) for x in lol): print a, b, c Yes, as opposed to. > With generator expressions around, I don't know that this case is common > enough for special casing. . . This begs the question; do you prefer: >>> args = [4, 5, 6] >>> a_func(1, *args) or this: >>> args = [4, 5, 6] >>> apply(a_func, [1] + args) - Dave -- http://www.object-craft.com.au
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