> Why not just write is simply as (1, 2, 3) instead of > the confusing (1, *(2, 3))?
It is a contrived example. In practice it would be something more like: >>> def ts(*t): ... return t ... >>> x = (2, 3) >>> y = (1, *x) File "<stdin>", line 1 SyntaxError: can use starred expression only as assignment target >>> y = ts(1, *x) >>> y (1, 2, 3) > Don't say that (2, 3) might be a variable, it > won't work without breaking python object model. > If such construct creates a new tuple, it would > need to break python's object model [...] Break how? _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
