the := operator (affectation)

[Dennis Brown]

I could go along with two: the slow simple straightforward logical  
way, and the compact high performance but more obscure way.  I think  
Rev already has both cased covered in the syntax.

Dennis

On Jun 22, 2005, at 6:18 PM, Dan Shafer wrote:

> 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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