2011/1/16 Peter Hall <bis...@yahoo.com>: > I am a newbie to python, and am curious why the following syntax is not > supported: > > # Boolean test on x... > if (x = someFunc(...)): > # Do something with x... > > I've found it convenient in perl. > > Is the syntax actually supported, and I'm ignorant? > Is the usage considered 'unPythonic'? > Can you point me to any existing discussion of the issue (it must have come up > before?)?
See python-ideas. -- Regards, Benjamin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
