>> >> One thing I hate from C is the assignment in expressions...Forcing >> myself to write >> 0 == Something >> rather than >> Something == 0 > > interesting trick, i've never thought of that/seen it > although if Python implemented it I think it should default to giving > warnings when you use = in an expression, that way you don't have to > worry. >
That introduces complications though, do you want to see a pagefull of warnings every time you import a module that uses the ='s? You could specify in your python file that you want to suppress that warning, but then you'd never know when you used = by accident when you meant to use ==. anyway i was thinking you could have a second assignment operator to use just in expressions, and only allow that. it could be := since some languages tend to use that. i wouldn't like it as a general assignment operator but assignment in expressions is a special case. also <- or ->. C uses -> for functions but I think math/calculators use that for assignment. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list