On 7 mai, 21:41, Gary Herron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Méta-MCI (MVP) wrote: > > Hi! > > >> I don't often feel like using this word > > > Look at languages like OCAML or F # > > > @-salutations > > Well of course, we're all well aware of other languages that allow > variables to be bound in the middle of an expression. It's just that > Python was purposely created without that (mis)feature because it's so > unclear, and easy to abuse.
This is the same argument that has been used to justify the lack of MI and operator overloading in Java. Not that I would support having assignment as expressions in Python (wouldn't fit the whole design IMHO), but this is still a somewhat arbitrary design choice, not necessarily a GoodThing(tm) by itself - well designed expression-based languages have their strength too. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list