Thomas Wouters wrote:
>  >>> a, b = *c
>   File "<stdin>", line 1
> SyntaxError: can use starred expression only as assignment target

That error message isn't really accurate, since in

>  >>> a, b = (*c,)

the *c is not an assignment target.

Also, the message implies that

   *c = a, b

should be valid -- is it?

-- 
Greg
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