[MERGE][#178353] Smart request to stream revisions without buffering

[John Arbash Meinel]

Andrew Bennetts wrote:

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> To be honest I don't think either your way or mine is great, but I don't think
> it matters hugely either.  So I'll do it your way, but I thought I should
> explain my preference.  For cases where there's more than one element being
> unpacked I think the try/except form is the clear winner, though.
> 

I agree that for N > 1 "x,y = array" is much clearer. It just isn't
great for a single entry.

John
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