On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 11:40:51AM +0200, Jacco van Dorp wrote: > I dont really like "given". > > If we compare: > > if m given m = re.match(stuff): > > to > > if m := re.match(stuff) > > then I count 4+(name_length) more tokens and 2 more spaces. Since I > believe := is perfectly clear, I don't see the reason for a far more > verbose syntax.
I agree with Jacco here. We have to name the variable twice, even if it is only used once, and we have a relatively long keyword, five characters, longer than average for all keywords, and only one char short of the maximum. I know the aim isn't to absolutely minimise the number of keystrokes, but it does seem strange to use such a long symbol which requires duplicating the target, unless the intent is to discourage people from using it. -- Steve _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
