From: Stedwick <philip.brocoum@...>
Date: 2008-02-23T01:54:58+09:00
Subject: Re: What does *args do?

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

That's even more confusing because that suggests I could do the
following:

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

which would set both b and c to nil. but theres nothing there! it
shouldnt be set to anything unless i say so.

However, I totally agree that
a, b, c = *[1,2,3]
should work as well, and should in fact be the "right" way of doing it
explicitly.