Python 2.6.5...
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>>> (a, (b, c, (d, e))) = (1, (2, 3, (4, 5)))
>>> a, b, c, d, e
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
>>> (a, (b, c, (d, e))) = (1, (2, 3, (4, 5, 6)))
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: too many values to unpack
It isn't quite as flexible as functional languages and it's not as idiomatic as it is in functional languages, but it's not a hack or quirky edge-case either.
