[Python-Dev] SyntaxError: can't assign to function call

[Guido van Rossum]

On 8/10/06, James Y Knight <foom at fuhm.net> wrote:
> On Aug 10, 2006, at 4:57 PM, Phillip J. Eby wrote:
> > That being said, the benefit of hypergeneralizing assignment seems
> > small compared to its price.
>
> Well, it's a mostly obvious extension of an existing idea, so the
> price doesn't seem all that high.

If you still think that, you don't realize the problem with hypergeneralization.

The extension is *not* obvious, and there are several problems (as I
pointed out before).

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