I would like to propose a new piece of syntax for the python language; .= In short, the operator is form of syntactic sugar, for instance consider the following code:
hello = "hello world " hello = hello.strip() This could be written as: hello = "hello world " hello .= strip() In this slightly contrived example, the programmer saved (a small amount of) time when writing the code. With code with longer variable names, or lots of similar statements all in a row, this helps to keep code more concise. The operator would be constricted to one method or field on the right-hand side, which must belong to the object on the left hand side. Another example could be when using Linked Lists, instead of writing something like: loop_node = loop_node.next you could write: loop_node .= next Does this idea have any chance of acceptance if submitted as a PEP? What are the potential concerns I could consider with the syntax? Thanks, Jamie
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