[Python-Dev] can't assign to function call (original) (raw)
Serhiy Storchaka storchaka at gmail.com
Mon Mar 18 18:25:02 CET 2013
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On 18.03.13 17:40, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On 19/03/13 02:01, Hrvoje Niksic wrote:
Assigning to function calls is orthogonal to reference types. For example, Python manages assignment to subscripts without having references just fine:
val = obj[index] # val = obj.getitem(index) obj[index] = val # obj.setitem(index, val) In analogy with that, Python could implement what looks like assignment to function call like this: val = f(arg) # val = f.call(arg) f(arg) = val # f.setcall(arg, val) That's all very well, but what would it do? It's not enough to say that the syntax could exist, we also need to have semantics. What's the use-case here? (That question is mostly aimed at the original poster.)
Python could use parenthesis instead of brackets for indexing and a dictionary lookup. However it is too late to discuss this idea.
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