On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 09:26:23PM -, Joseph Martinot-Lagarde wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> > # Dotted names
> > from types import SimpleNamespace
> > obj = SimpleNamespace()
> > obj.spam = **{'obj.spam': 1}
> > assert obj.spam == 1
> >
> > # Subscripts
> > arr = [None]*5
> > arr[1], arr[3
On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 04:56:24AM -, Dennis Sweeney wrote:
> What if the mapping assignment were more harmonious with the pattern matching
> PEP? Something like this:
>
> items = {'eggs': 2, 'cheese': 3, 'spam': 1}
> {'eggs': eggs, 'spam': i_dont_need_to_name_this_spam, **rest} = it
