From: Christopher Dicely <cmdicely@...>
Date: 2008-02-23T01:01:26+09:00
Subject: Re: What does *args do?

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 7:49 AM, Stedwick <philip.brocoum@gmail.com> wrote:
>  Also, out of curiosity, if this
>
>  a, b, c = [1, 2, 3]
>
>  does not mean this
>
>  a = 1
>  b = 2
>  c = 3
>
>  then what on earth should it mean?

The suggestion seems to be that it should mean:

a = [1,2,3]
b = nil
c = nil

just as one would expect from a,b,c = d for any case where d is not an
array. The effect you want would still be available from a, b, c =
*[1,2,3]