title: Getting only element from a single-element list in Python?
body: <p>When a Python list is known to always contain a single item, is there a way to access it other than:</p>
  <pre><code>mylist[0]
  </code></pre>
  <p>You may ask, 'Why would you want to?'. Curiosity alone. There seems to be an alternative way to do <em>everything</em> in Python.</p>