On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 11:30 PM, Peter O'Connor <peter.ed.ocon...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well this may be crazy sounding, but we could allow left or right assignment > with > > name := expr > expr =: name > > Although it would seem to violate the "only one obvious way" maxim, at least > it avoids this overloaded meaning with the "as" of "except" and "with" >
Hah. It took me multiple readings to even notice the change in the operator there, so I think this would cause a lot of confusion. (Don't forget, by the way, that an expression can be a simple name, and an assignment target can be more complicated than a single name, so it won't always be obvious on that basis.) It probably wouldn't *technically* conflict with anything, but it would get extremely confusing! ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
