On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:11:53 -0400, bearophile <bearophileHUGS at lycos.com> wrote: > This syntax you have explained doesn't do what you think it does: > a, b, c, _ = ('tuple', 'of', 'three') That was a typo, I meant to write: a, b, _ = ('tuple', 'of', 'three')