the := operator (affectation)

[Dan Shafer]

Sorry, Richard, I respectfully disagree.

People learning a new environment are constantly confused when there  
are too many ways to do the same thing. Same is true of a programming  
language. One of the fundamental design principles behind Python is  
that there should be only one right way to do anything. One man's  
variety is another's confusion.


On Jun 22, 2005, at 1:56 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> Jon wrote:
>
>> Dan Shafer wrote:
>>
>>> (I always found the whole ==, +=, :=, == syntax mess pretty ugly.  
>>> I  love the elegance of put 32 into x.)
>>>
>> Elegance, verbosity.  Poe-tay-toe, poe-tah-toe...
>>
>
> A single-token assignment operator would be a nice OPTION.  Those  
> who prefer the traditional form would never need to deal with it,  
> while those of us who are comfortable with it could use it.  I see  
> no downside and many upsides as Rev expands the range of people it  
> might appeal to....
>
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