python · encukou · May 21, 2025 · May 15, 2025 · May 15, 2025 · May 15, 2025
@@ -151,21 +151,22 @@
    single: : (colon); compound statement
 
 The :keyword:`for` statement is used to iterate over the elements of a sequence
-(such as a string, tuple or list) or other iterable object:
+(such as a string, tuple, or list) or other iterable object:
 
 .. productionlist:: python-grammar
-   for_stmt: "for" `target_list` "in" `starred_list` ":" `suite`
+   for_stmt: "for" `target_list` "in" `star_expressions` ":" `suite`
            : ["else" ":" `suite`]
 
-The ``starred_list`` expression is evaluated once; it should yield an
-:term:`iterable` object.  An :term:`iterator` is created for that iterable.
-The first item provided
-by the iterator is then assigned to the target list using the standard
-rules for assignments (see :ref:`assignment`), and the suite is executed.  This
-repeats for each item provided by the iterator.  When the iterator is exhausted,
-the suite in the :keyword:`!else` clause,
+The expression following ``in`` is evaluated once; it should yield an :term:`iterable` object.
+An :term:`iterator` is created for that iterable. The first item provided by the iterator
+is then assigned to the target list using the standard rules for assignments
+(see :ref:`assignment`), and the suite is executed. This repeats for each item provided
+by the iterator. When the iterator is exhausted, the suite in the :keyword:`!else` clause,
 if present, is executed, and the loop terminates.
 
+As of Python 3.11, unpacking with starred expressions (e.g., ``*x``) is supported
+in the iterable expression. This follows the same rules as :token:`star_expressions` in the grammar.
+
 .. index::
    pair: statement; break
    pair: statement; continue