On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 9:54 AM, Mikhail V <mikhail...@gmail.com> wrote: > Since the discussion about operator choice has completely migrated > here, I'll put my note also here. > From the very beginning of PEP 572 discussion I have noticed > a strange fact - there is told a lot about visual similarity > of "=" and "==" in Python. > *Same is told in the PEP 572 (frequently asked question) > as the reason for rejection of "=" as operator.* > > Hope you get my point here. > IMO either the PEP 572 should remove or at > least rephrase this point somehow or, even better, > concentrate on something more convincing in this regard.
https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0572/#why-not-just-turn-existing-assignment-into-an-expression Half a century of C programming demonstrates that this is ample argument. 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