On 11/7/2012 4:39 PM, Ned Batchelder wrote:
Just to be clear: the reference guide says that the behavior *SHOULD BE* (but is not yet) this:Python 3.3.0 >>> {print("a"):print("b")} a b {None: None} >>> d = {} >>> d[print("a")] = print("b") b a >>> Is this or is this not "weird" to you?
Not weird. Expressions and assignment targets are each consistently evaluated left to right (except as *necessarily* alter by precedence), with expressions evaluated before targets.
What is weird -- to me ;-) -- is using side-effects in either example above. -- Terry Jan Reedy _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
