From 00619796c31d1981b9af2eecf4e92f209d177134 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hettinger Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2026 15:20:34 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Provide a cross-reference to PEP 798 unpacking syntax --- Doc/library/itertools.rst | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/library/itertools.rst b/Doc/library/itertools.rst index 06f8bf2a8b6fa81..65442021ce1795d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/itertools.rst +++ b/Doc/library/itertools.rst @@ -197,6 +197,10 @@ loops that truncate the stream. for iterable in iterables: yield from iterable + Note that :pep:`798` unpacking syntax provides similar functionality + so that ``list(chain(p, q))`` could be written as + ``[*s for s in (p, q)]``. + .. classmethod:: chain.from_iterable(iterable) @@ -208,6 +212,10 @@ loops that truncate the stream. for iterable in iterables: yield from iterable + Note that :pep:`798` unpacking syntax provides similar functionality + so that ``list(chain.from_iterable(iterables))`` could be written as + ``[*s for s in iterables]``. + .. function:: combinations(iterable, r)