On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 2:40 AM, Tim Peters <tim.pet...@gmail.com> wrote: > [Antoine] >> ... >> Yes... I think most will agree that Python is generally easy to take up >> for people coming from C++ etc., so my "easier to learn and teach" was >> mostly about non-programmers. > > [Tim] >>> even for raw beginners the semantics are the tiniest part of what >>> they need to learn anyway about Python's assignment expressions. > >> I'm not sure what you mean by that. If it's the tiniest part, what's >> the overwhelming part? > > I was hoping it was clear from context that I was talking about > "binding expressions", not the PEP's wholly general "assignment > expressions".
Hopefully you have seen, or soon will see, the latest posting of the PEP, in which assignment targets are restricted to simple names. :) Though I still talk about "assignment expressions". I don't see a problem with calling them that, but I also don't see a problem with calling them "binding expressions" if you prefer. ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
