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Title: Remove reference to pre 1.5 assignment behavior
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Components: Documentation Versions: Python 3.1, Python 3.2, Python 3.3
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Status: closed Resolution: fixed
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Assigned To: docs@python Nosy List: docs@python, georg.brandl, terry.reedy
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Created on 2011-03-04 20:44 by terry.reedy, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg130071 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * (Python committer) Date: 2011-03-04 20:44
In Language Ref, 6.2 assignments, delete

"(This rule is relaxed as of Python 1.5; in earlier versions, the object had to be a tuple. Since strings are sequences, an assignment like a, b = "xy" is now legal as long as the string has the right length.)"
msg130149 - (view) Author: Georg Brandl (georg.brandl) * (Python committer) Date: 2011-03-06 09:49
Thanks, fixed in f7e04a9566c4.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:57:13adminsetgithub: 55609
2011-03-06 09:49:03georg.brandlsetstatus: open -> closed

nosy: + georg.brandl
messages: + msg130149

resolution: fixed
2011-03-04 20:44:50terry.reedycreate