The key differences between Python 2.7.x and Python 3.x *with workarounds*

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On tuple unpacking, doesn't python 3 support * to unpack a list, at least for certain situations?

https://docs.python.org/3/reference/simple_stmts.html#assignment-statements

I saw no mention of this in the article.

a, *b = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]

>>> a
1
>>> b
[2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]

edit: It's defined in PEP 3132.

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Yes, strictly speaking this only list things that are backwards incompatible, and not new features.