[Python-Dev] Informal educator feedback on PEP 572 (was Re: 2018 Python Language Summit coverage, last part)

[Greg Ewing]

Baptiste Carvello wrote:
>>>>x=0; [x:=x+i for i in range(5)]
> 
> what would be a
> non-cryptic alternative to the above example?

Personally I wouldn't insist on trying to do it with a
comprehension at all, but if forced to come up with a
readable syntax for that, it would probably be something
like

    [x for i in range(5) letting x = x + 1 given x = 0]

-- 
Greg