Antoon Pardon <antoon.par...@rece.vub.ac.be>: > I just don't get why people want to introduce special cases in python. > Why allow such a construct only in while and if? Why not just allow > it generally as an assignment expression? > > Why not allow: > > while (f(x) as fx) > 5: > proces(fx) > > or > > if check(nextvalue() as new): > treat(new)
Hey, I know, I know!... Let's allow: while (fx = f(x)) > 5: process(fx) if check(new = nextvalue()): treat(new) Seriously, though, I share your distaste of special cases, Antoon. Only I don't like too much syntax (just look at Perl). There's nothing wrong in: while True: fx = f(x) if fx <= 5: break process(fx) new = nextvalue() if check(new): treat(new) Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list