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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst b/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst index 0b7d7bc..ec62fad 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst @@ -401,13 +401,11 @@ The reverse operation is also possible:: >>> x, y, z = t -This is called, appropriately enough, *sequence unpacking*. Sequence unpacking -requires the list of variables on the left to have the same number of elements -as the length of the sequence. Note that multiple assignment is really just a -combination of tuple packing and sequence unpacking! - -There is a small bit of asymmetry here: packing multiple values always creates -a tuple, and unpacking works for any sequence. +This is called, appropriately enough, *sequence unpacking* and works for any +sequence on the right-hand side. Sequence unpacking requires the list of +variables on the left to have the same number of elements as the length of the +sequence. Note that multiple assignment is really just a combination of tuple +packing and sequence unpacking! .. XXX Add a bit on the difference between tuples and lists. |