Well, thanks for the answers. I guess the fact is that python does not want to be a functional programming language. This concept is quite large, and since there is a proper notion of function with closure, I'd say python is already quite a functional programming language. Even if assignations and side effects are used all the time (which makes python easier to learn than a stricter functional programming language in my opinion).
I agree that statements as expressions could allow obscure code. But it's so more beautiful concept, makes things simpler to understand! Moreover, doing this would have kept backward compatibility. Anyway, I guess it's dead. The design of programming languages is a complicated thing... __ David -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
