If I just want to unpack a function's tuple result, I use "std::tie": tuple<int, bool, char> t = make_tuple(1, true, 'a'); int n = get<0>(t); bool b = g

If I just want to unpack a function's tuple result, I use "std::tie": tuple<int, bool, char> t = make_tuple(1, true, 'a'); int n = get<0>(t); bool b = get<1>(t); char c = get<2>(t); can be written as int n; bool b; char c; std::tie(n,b,c) = make_tuple(1, true, 'a'); This is not necessarily better or more dynamic, but at least it looks more pythonic (to me). One can even write std::tie(n,b,std::ignore) = make_tuple(1, true, 'a'); if not all results are needed!