On 01/12/2021 15:39, David Mertz, Ph.D. wrote:
However, even if I assume the mythical future PEP never happens, in
terms of readability, a WORD is vastly less confusing than a
combination of punctuation that has no obvious or natural
interpretation like '=>'. Or rather, I think that spelling is
kinda-sorta obvious for the lambda meaning, and the use you want is
kinda-sorta similar to a lambda. So I *do* understand how you get
there... but it still seems like much too much line noise for a very
minimal need.
Hm. A word is "vastly less confusing". OK. Should Python have been
designed with
x assigned y+1
rather than
x = y +1
(note that '=' here does not have its "obvious or natural
interpretation", viz. "is equal to").
Should we have
(x becomes y+1)
rather than
(x := y+1)
Conciseness *is* a virtue, even if it is often trumped by other
considerations.
Best wishes
Rob Cliffe
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