[Python-Dev] accumulator display syntax

Alex Martelli aleaxit at yahoo.com
Tue Oct 21 06:03:49 EDT 2003


On Monday 20 October 2003 18:37, Guido van Rossum wrote:
   ...
> > >>> [.2 for .2 in range(3)]
> >
> > SyntaxError: can't assign to literal
> >
> > I think I don't understand what you mean.
>
> I meant that the compiler should rename it.  Just like when you use a

<<sound effect of hand slapping forehead>> I'm being rather thick these
days, I guess.  Thanks for clarifying!


Alex




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