changeset: 101424:8a0754fed986 user: Berker Peksag date: Wed May 18 08:44:29 2016 +0300 files: Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst Lib/test/test_codeop.py Lib/test/test_syntax.py Lib/test/test_unpack.py Lib/test/test_with.py Misc/NEWS Python/ast.c description: Issue #23275: Allow () = iterable assignment syntax Documentation updates by Martin Panter. diff -r 2173063cbae8 -r 8a0754fed986 Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst --- a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst Tue May 17 20:51:15 2016 -0700 +++ b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst Wed May 18 08:44:29 2016 +0300 @@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ assignment_stmt: (`target_list` "=")+ (`expression_list` | `yield_expression`) target_list: `target` ("," `target`)* [","] target: `identifier` - : | "(" `target_list` ")" - : | "[" `target_list` "]" + : | "(" [`target_list`] ")" + : | "[" [`target_list`] "]" : | `attributeref` : | `subscription` : | `slicing` @@ -115,21 +115,25 @@ Assignment of an object to a target list, optionally enclosed in parentheses or square brackets, is recursively defined as follows. -* If the target list is a single target: The object is assigned to that target. +* If the target list is empty: The object must also be an empty iterable. + +* If the target list is a single target in parentheses: The object is assigned + to that target. -* If the target list is a comma-separated list of targets: The object must be an - iterable with the same number of items as there are targets in the target list, - and the items are assigned, from left to right, to the corresponding targets. +* If the target list is a comma-separated list of targets, or a single target + in square brackets: The object must be an iterable with the same number of + items as there are targets in the target list, and the items are assigned, + from left to right, to the corresponding targets. * If the target list contains one target prefixed with an asterisk, called a - "starred" target: The object must be a sequence with at least as many items + "starred" target: The object must be an iterable with at least as many items as there are targets in the target list, minus one. The first items of the - sequence are assigned, from left to right, to the targets before the starred - target. The final items of the sequence are assigned to the targets after - the starred target. A list of the remaining items in the sequence is then + iterable are assigned, from left to right, to the targets before the starred + target. The final items of the iterable are assigned to the targets after + the starred target. A list of the remaining items in the iterable is then assigned to the starred target (the list can be empty). - * Else: The object must be a sequence with the same number of items as there + * Else: The object must be an iterable with the same number of items as there are targets in the target list, and the items are assigned, from left to right, to the corresponding targets. @@ -150,11 +154,6 @@ count for the object previously bound to the name to reach zero, causing the object to be deallocated and its destructor (if it has one) to be called. -* If the target is a target list enclosed in parentheses or in square brackets: - The object must be an iterable with the same number of items as there are - targets in the target list, and its items are assigned, from left to right, - to the corresponding targets. - .. index:: pair: attribute; assignment * If the target is an attribute reference: The primary expression in the diff -r 2173063cbae8 -r 8a0754fed986 Lib/test/test_codeop.py --- a/Lib/test/test_codeop.py Tue May 17 20:51:15 2016 -0700 +++ b/Lib/test/test_codeop.py Wed May 18 08:44:29 2016 +0300 @@ -282,7 +282,6 @@ ai("if (a == 1 and b = 2): pass") ai("del 1") - ai("del ()") ai("del (1,)") ai("del [1]") ai("del '1'") diff -r 2173063cbae8 -r 8a0754fed986 Lib/test/test_syntax.py --- a/Lib/test/test_syntax.py Tue May 17 20:51:15 2016 -0700 +++ b/Lib/test/test_syntax.py Wed May 18 08:44:29 2016 +0300 @@ -35,14 +35,6 @@ Traceback (most recent call last): SyntaxError: can't assign to keyword -It's a syntax error to assign to the empty tuple. Why isn't it an -error to assign to the empty list? It will always raise some error at -runtime. - ->>> () = 1 -Traceback (most recent call last): -SyntaxError: can't assign to () - >>> f() = 1 Traceback (most recent call last): SyntaxError: can't assign to function call @@ -491,10 +483,6 @@ ... SyntaxError: keyword argument repeated ->>> del () -Traceback (most recent call last): -SyntaxError: can't delete () - >>> {1, 2, 3} = 42 Traceback (most recent call last): SyntaxError: can't assign to literal diff -r 2173063cbae8 -r 8a0754fed986 Lib/test/test_unpack.py --- a/Lib/test/test_unpack.py Tue May 17 20:51:15 2016 -0700 +++ b/Lib/test/test_unpack.py Wed May 18 08:44:29 2016 +0300 @@ -117,6 +117,27 @@ ... test.test_unpack.BozoError +Allow unpacking empty iterables + + >>> () = [] + >>> [] = () + >>> [] = [] + >>> () = () + +Unpacking non-iterables should raise TypeError + + >>> () = 42 + Traceback (most recent call last): + ... + TypeError: 'int' object is not iterable + +Unpacking to an empty iterable should raise ValueError + + >>> () = [42] + Traceback (most recent call last): + ... + ValueError: too many values to unpack (expected 0) + """ __test__ = {'doctests' : doctests} diff -r 2173063cbae8 -r 8a0754fed986 Lib/test/test_with.py --- a/Lib/test/test_with.py Tue May 17 20:51:15 2016 -0700 +++ b/Lib/test/test_with.py Wed May 18 08:44:29 2016 +0300 @@ -140,11 +140,6 @@ 'with mock as (None):\n' ' pass') - def testAssignmentToEmptyTupleError(self): - self.assertRaisesSyntaxError( - 'with mock as ():\n' - ' pass') - def testAssignmentToTupleOnlyContainingNoneError(self): self.assertRaisesSyntaxError('with mock as None,:\n pass') self.assertRaisesSyntaxError( diff -r 2173063cbae8 -r 8a0754fed986 Misc/NEWS --- a/Misc/NEWS Tue May 17 20:51:15 2016 -0700 +++ b/Misc/NEWS Wed May 18 08:44:29 2016 +0300 @@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ Core and Builtins ----------------- +- Issue #23275: Allow assigning to an empty target list in round brackets: + () = iterable. + - Issue #26991: Fix possible refleak when creating a function with annotations. - Issue #27039: Fixed bytearray.remove() for values greater than 127. Based on diff -r 2173063cbae8 -r 8a0754fed986 Python/ast.c --- a/Python/ast.c Tue May 17 20:51:15 2016 -0700 +++ b/Python/ast.c Wed May 18 08:44:29 2016 +0300 @@ -990,13 +990,8 @@ s = e->v.List.elts; break; case Tuple_kind: - if (asdl_seq_LEN(e->v.Tuple.elts)) { - e->v.Tuple.ctx = ctx; - s = e->v.Tuple.elts; - } - else { - expr_name = "()"; - } + e->v.Tuple.ctx = ctx; + s = e->v.Tuple.elts; break; case Lambda_kind: expr_name = "lambda";