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What is the usual/clearest way to write this in Python?
value, _ = func_returning_a_tuple()
or:
value = func_returning_a_tuple()[0]
value = func_returning_a_tuple()[0]seems clearer and also can be generalized.What if the function was returning a tuple with more than 2 values?
What if the program logic is interested in the 4th element of an umpteen tuple?
What if the size of the returned tuple varies?
None of these questions affects the subcript-based idiom, but do in the case of multi-assignement idiom.