On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 12:03 AM, Tim Chase <python.l...@tim.thechases.com> wrote: > Granted, this can be turned into an iterator with a yield, making the issue > somewhat moot:
No, just moving the issue to the iterator. Your iterator has exactly the same structure in it. Personally, I quite like assignment-in-conditional notation. Yes, it's a pretty common cause of problems; but what happened to the "consenting adults" policy? Python permits operator overloading and even the reassignment of builtins, both of which can cause similar confusion. But, that's the choice Python's made. And being able to use the same symbol for assignment and comparison does have its advantages. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
