On Wed, 1 Jul 2020 at 15:50, Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote:
> Before we all get a little too excited here, I think that allowing > ``` > 1 = x > ``` > as a sneaky way of writing > ``` > assert x == 1 > ``` > would be a terrible mistake. > Well, we'll always have the sneaky way to check if an iterable is empty: () = x which admittedly would be useful for entries to the IOPPP (International Obfuscated Python Program Pageant) > > -- > --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) > *Pronouns: he/him **(why is my pronoun here?)* > <http://feministing.com/2015/02/03/how-using-they-as-a-singular-pronoun-can-change-the-world/> > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/WQCHP4A23CF7HSZTOMJUEFNC2MJPRIST/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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