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[Python-Dev] Informal educator feedback on PEP 572 (was Re: 2018 Python Language Summit coverage, last part)

Ben Finney ben+python at benfinney.id.au
Sun Jun 24 19:38:34 EDT 2018 
Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> writes:

> Actually, I'm closer to -1 on (a) as well. I don't like := as a
> way of getting assignment in an expression. The only thing I would
> give a non-negative rating is some form of "where" or "given".

+1 to this; ‘:=’ doesn't convey the meaning well. Python's syntax
typically eschews cryptic punctuation in faviour of existing words that
convey an appropriate meaning, and I agree with Greg that would be a
better way to get this effect.

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