[Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com>] > Hopefully you have seen, or soon will see, the latest posting of the > PEP, in which assignment targets are restricted to simple names. :)
I haven't yet, but look forward to it! You have the patience of a saint to endure all this - I would have given up 6 years ago ;-) > 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. It's psychology ;-) So long as the PEP calls them assignment expressions, people are going to imagine facing the horrors of things like the current *b, c = a[c] = a assignment statement buried deep inside expressions. But in conventional use, "binding" is restricted to identifiers, which vastly simplifies the mental model for "the worst" that can happen. Since fear is the most potent motivator, "don't scare people" is rule #1 ;-) But, in the absence of Guido chiming in, it's really up to you. A few people have expressed positive feelings about changing the name to "binding expressions", and none opposed it (that I saw), but the sample size is too small to claim that "proves" anything. _______________________________________________ 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
