[Python-Dev] can't assign to function call (original) (raw)

Skip Montanaro skip at pobox.com
Mon Mar 18 16:57:03 CET 2013


On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Neal Becker <ndbecker2 at gmail.com> wrote:

def F(x): return x

x = 2 F(x) = 3 F(x) = 3 SyntaxError: can't assign to function call Do we really need this restriction? There do exist other languages without it.

I think this belongs on python-ideas before launching into discussions of syntax and semantics on python-dev.

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