python · pablogsal · Mar 26, 2020 · Mar 25, 2020 · Mar 25, 2020 · Mar 25, 2020
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_unpack_ex.py b/Lib/test/test_unpack_ex.py
@@ -308,12 +308,12 @@
  >>> a, *b, c, *d, e = range(10) # doctest:+ELLIPSIS
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  ...
- SyntaxError: two starred expressions in assignment
+ SyntaxError: more than one starred expressions in assignment
 
  >>> [*b, *c] = range(10) # doctest:+ELLIPSIS
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  ...
- SyntaxError: two starred expressions in assignment
+ SyntaxError: more than one starred expressions in assignment
 
  >>> *a = range(10) # doctest:+ELLIPSIS
  Traceback (most recent call last):

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-25-20-34-01.bpo-40067.0bFda2.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-25-20-34-01.bpo-40067.0bFda2.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+For multiple star expressions in an assignment, the error message improved.
+Patch by Furkan Onder
diff --git a/Python/compile.c b/Python/compile.c
@@ -3708,7 +3708,7 @@ assignment_helper(struct compiler *c, asdl_seq *elts)
  }
  else if (elt->kind == Starred_kind) {
  return compiler_error(c,
- "two starred expressions in assignment");
+ "more than one starred expressions in assignment");
  }
  }
  if (!seen_star) {
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		For multiple star expressions in an assignment, the error message improved.
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		Patch by Furkan Onder