I share your perspective. When I saw this line below in the article, I thought it was neat and might use it when called for, but I can already see the comments

I share your perspective. When I saw this line below in the article, I thought it was neat and might use it when called for, but I can already see the comments on code review from some team members I've worked with who would find it less readable than the hard coded indices alternative. head, *middle, tail = numbers