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  r55238 | guido.van.rossum | 2007-05-10 16:46:05 -0700 (Thu, 10 May 2007) | 9 lines

  Merged revisions 55227 via svnmerge from
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    r55227 | guido.van.rossum | 2007-05-10 10:20:15 -0700 (Thu, 10 May 2007) | 2 lines

    Fix a bug in test_c_api() that caused a negative refcount.
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  r55246 | neal.norwitz | 2007-05-11 00:01:52 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 1 line

  Remove commands.getstatus() it is obsolete.
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  r55248 | neal.norwitz | 2007-05-11 00:29:05 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 2 lines

  Remove bsddb185 support.
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  r55249 | neal.norwitz | 2007-05-11 00:29:50 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 1 line

  Remove bsddb185 module too
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  r55250 | neal.norwitz | 2007-05-11 00:32:13 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 1 line

  bsddb185: Gotta remove from the file checked in, not Setup
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  r55251 | neal.norwitz | 2007-05-11 00:53:26 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 1 line

  Remove obsolete IRIX modules (as much as I could find, there is probably more)
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  r55252 | neal.norwitz | 2007-05-11 00:55:35 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 1 line

  Remove SGI turd.
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  r55254 | georg.brandl | 2007-05-11 03:11:01 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 2 lines

  Add a case for set comprehensions to the "cannot assign to" switch.
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  r55255 | georg.brandl | 2007-05-11 03:11:25 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 2 lines

  Fix wrong imports.
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  r55261 | georg.brandl | 2007-05-11 07:37:48 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 2 lines

  Remove removed tex files.
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  r55262 | georg.brandl | 2007-05-11 08:28:41 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 2 lines

  Commit PEP 3132 implementation.
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  r55264 | georg.brandl | 2007-05-11 08:50:19 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 2 lines

  Check in the inevitable AST version number and format Py_ssize_t with %zd.
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  r55265 | neal.norwitz | 2007-05-11 09:12:22 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 1 line

  Remove mention of os.popen* and popen2.* since these will be removed.
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  r55266 | neal.norwitz | 2007-05-11 09:19:57 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 1 line

  Get doc to build again (almost, the doc is fine)
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  r55267 | neal.norwitz | 2007-05-11 09:21:02 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 1 line

  Really get doc to build (remove use of string module)
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  r55269 | neal.norwitz | 2007-05-11 09:29:43 -0700 (Fri, 11 May 2007) | 1 line

  Add some notes to cleanup later
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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_unpack_ex.py b/Lib/test/test_unpack_ex.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..557e449
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test_unpack_ex.py
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+# Tests for extended unpacking, starred expressions.
+
+doctests = """
+
+Unpack tuple
+
+    >>> t = (1, 2, 3)
+    >>> a, *b, c = t
+    >>> a == 1 and b == [2] and c == 3
+    True
+
+Unpack list
+
+    >>> l = [4, 5, 6]
+    >>> a, *b = l
+    >>> a == 4 and b == [5, 6]
+    True
+
+Unpack implied tuple
+
+    >>> *a, = 7, 8, 9
+    >>> a == [7, 8, 9]
+    True
+
+Unpack string... fun!
+
+    >>> a, *b = 'one'
+    >>> a == 'o' and b == ['n', 'e']
+    True
+
+Unpack long sequence
+
+    >>> a, b, c, *d, e, f, g = range(10)
+    >>> (a, b, c, d, e, f, g) == (0, 1, 2, [3, 4, 5, 6], 7, 8, 9)
+    True
+
+Unpack short sequence
+
+    >>> a, *b, c = (1, 2)
+    >>> a == 1 and c == 2 and b == []
+    True
+
+Unpack generic sequence
+
+    >>> class Seq:
+    ...     def __getitem__(self, i):
+    ...         if i >= 0 and i < 3: return i
+    ...         raise IndexError
+    ...
+    >>> a, *b = Seq()
+    >>> a == 0 and b == [1, 2]
+    True
+
+Unpack in for statement
+
+    >>> for a, *b, c in [(1,2,3), (4,5,6,7)]:
+    ...     print(a, b, c)
+    ...
+    1 [2] 3
+    4 [5, 6] 7
+
+Unpack in list
+
+    >>> [a, *b, c] = range(5)
+    >>> a == 0 and b == [1, 2, 3] and c == 4
+    True
+
+Multiple targets
+
+    >>> a, *b, c = *d, e = range(5)
+    >>> a == 0 and b == [1, 2, 3] and c == 4 and d == [0, 1, 2, 3] and e == 4
+    True
+
+Now for some failures
+
+Unpacking non-sequence
+
+    >>> a, *b = 7
+    Traceback (most recent call last):
+      ...
+    TypeError: 'int' object is not iterable
+
+Unpacking sequence too short
+
+    >>> a, *b, c, d, e = Seq()
+    Traceback (most recent call last):
+      ...
+    ValueError: need more than 3 values to unpack
+
+Unpacking a sequence where the test for too long raises a different kind of
+error
+
+    >>> class BozoError(Exception):
+    ...     pass
+    ...
+    >>> class BadSeq:
+    ...     def __getitem__(self, i):
+    ...         if i >= 0 and i < 3:
+    ...             return i
+    ...         elif i == 3:
+    ...             raise BozoError
+    ...         else:
+    ...             raise IndexError
+    ...
+
+Trigger code while not expecting an IndexError (unpack sequence too long, wrong
+error)
+
+    >>> a, *b, c, d, e = BadSeq()
+    Traceback (most recent call last):
+      ...
+    test.test_unpack_ex.BozoError
+
+Now some general starred expressions (all fail).
+
+    >>> a, *b, c, *d, e = range(10) # doctest:+ELLIPSIS
+    Traceback (most recent call last):
+      ...
+    SyntaxError: two starred expressions in assignment (...)
+
+    >>> [*b, *c] = range(10) # doctest:+ELLIPSIS
+    Traceback (most recent call last):
+      ...
+    SyntaxError: two starred expressions in assignment (...)
+
+    >>> *a = range(10) # doctest:+ELLIPSIS
+    Traceback (most recent call last):
+      ...
+    SyntaxError: starred assignment target must be in a list or tuple (...)
+
+    >>> *a # doctest:+ELLIPSIS
+    Traceback (most recent call last):
+      ...
+    SyntaxError: can use starred expression only as assignment target (...)
+
+    >>> *1 # doctest:+ELLIPSIS
+    Traceback (most recent call last):
+      ...
+    SyntaxError: can use starred expression only as assignment target (...)
+
+    >>> x = *a # doctest:+ELLIPSIS
+    Traceback (most recent call last):
+      ...
+    SyntaxError: can use starred expression only as assignment target (...)
+
+"""
+
+__test__ = {'doctests' : doctests}
+
+def test_main(verbose=False):
+    import sys
+    from test import test_support
+    from test import test_unpack_ex
+    test_support.run_doctest(test_unpack_ex, verbose)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_main(verbose=True)