How do you read something like " while (cmd := get_command()).token != CMD_QUIT:" in plain english?
On Fri, 11 May 2018 at 12:15 Jacco van Dorp <j.van.d...@deonet.nl> wrote: > 2018-05-11 11:56 GMT+02:00 João Santos <j...@jsantos.eu>: > > Optimizing syntax for space makes sense for "mathematical" notation since > > it's commonly written by hand, but putting space above readability in a > > programming language design feels like a skewmorphism. > > You are assuming "given" to improve readability, where I stated ":= is > perfectly clear ", at least in my opinion. Therefore, since clarity is > already achieved, the rest is clutter that reduces readability. > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list > Python-ideas@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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