[Python-Dev] PEP 572: Assignment Expressions (original) (raw)

Chris Barker - NOAA Federal chris.barker at noaa.gov
Fri Apr 20 11:07:22 EDT 2018

Personally, I even slightly prefer

a := 3 to the commonplace a = 3 because it visually expresses the asymmetry of the operation.

Careful here! That’s a fine argument for using := in a new language, but people using := when they don’t need an expression because they like the symbol better is a reason NOT to do this.

And yes, normally aspirated Pascal WAS my first programming language. :-)

-CHB

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