Extended tuple unpacking in Python 2

Question

Is it possible to simulate extended tuple unpacking in Python 2?

Specifically, I have a for loop:

for a, b, c in mylist:

which work

Answer 1

For the heck of it, generalized to unpack any number of elements:

lst = [(1, 2, 3, 4, 5), (6, 7, 8), (9, 10, 11, 12)]

def unpack(seq, n=2):
    for row in seq:
        yield [e for e in row[:n]] + [row[n:]]

for a, rest in unpack(lst, 1):
    pass

for a, b, rest in unpack(lst, 2):
    pass

for a, b, c, rest in unpack(lst, 3):
    pass