On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 5:04 AM, M.-A. Lemburg <m...@egenix.com> wrote:
> To a (former Pascal) programmer, a := 1 doesn't read like an > operator. It's an assignment expression. If embedded expressions > is where Python is heading, it should be made very clear where > the embedded expression starts and where it ends on a line. > The rules we've arrived at are about as straightforward as it gets: the RHS of `:=` ends at the nearest comma or close parenthesis/bracket/brace. OT about the name: despite Tim's relentless pushing of "binding expressions" in the end I think they should be called "assignment expressions" just like in C. -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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