Language Reference failing to describe the treatment of starred expressions

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by reading the Python Language Reference sections covering starred expressions and compare their descriptions with the documented language behavior. Update the relevant reference text so the treatment of starred expressions is accurately described; the issue provides no specific file or test to run.

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Description

3.9 (EOL) docs
BPO 45015

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assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2021-08-26.13:49:02.690>
labels = ['3.9', 'docs']
title = 'Language Reference failing to describe the treatment of starred expressions'
updated_at = <Date 2021-08-26.13:49:02.690>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/TakuoMatsuoka'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2021-08-26.13:49:02.690>
actor = 'Takuo Matsuoka'
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closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Documentation']
creation = <Date 2021-08-26.13:49:02.690>
creator = 'Takuo Matsuoka'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 45015
keywords = []
message_count = 1.0
messages = ['400346']
nosy_count = 2.0
nosy_names = ['docs@python', 'Takuo Matsuoka']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = None
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue45015'
versions = ['Python 3.9']

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