On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 10:39 AM Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote:
> > The
> > f-string has to be a literal - it's not a magic object that you can
> > assign to and new locals appear.
>
> Well, no, it's not an object at all, but surely "you can assign to and
> new locals appear" is the whole point of the feature? You assign to the
> f-string and it matches values from the string on the right hand side to
> create new locals, or over-write existing ones.
>
> f"{name}: {value:d}" = "eleventytwo: 112"
>
> will have the side effect of binding:
>
> name = "eleventytwo"
> value = 112
>
Yes. It's *not an object*. The "spooky action at a distance" thing
that I was responding to can't be an issue because the assignment is
right there.
Please, don't make me repeat all the same arguments again. Read the
existing thread.
ChrisA
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