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

Stephen J. Turnbull turnbull.stephen.fw at u.tsukuba.ac.jp
Tue Apr 24 01🔞35 EDT 2018


Tim Peters writes:

Regardless, Guido has already said "as" is DOA (Dead On Arrival) (illustrating that it's also common enough in English to give a short name before its long-winded meaning ;-) ).

The parens above are a gloss on a well-known acronym for those who have not encountered it before. Neologisms are usually written in the other order: "dead on arrival (DOA, for short)." ;-)



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