[Python-Dev] Tuple/list assignment question

[Brett C.]

Raymond Hettinger wrote:
 >[Guido]
>>... I appreciate the idea (which BTW has been proposed before)
> 
> IIRC, the conversation for the original proposal fizzled out without
> reaching a conclusion.  So, resuming the discussion was probably a good
> idea.  But now it has been officially zapped.
> 
>

Actually, it was shot down by Guido last time as well: 
http://www.python.org/dev/summary/2002-11-16_2002-11-30.html#half-baked-proposal-and-in-assignments

History has spoken!  The power of the python-dev Summary and Google's 
'site' functionality strikes again! =)

-Brett