[Python-ideas] Quick idea: defining variables from functions that take the variable name

[Michael Selik]

On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 2:35 PM Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:

> the PEP does mention it, right at the beginning:
>
> "It also seems less than pythonic to name the function three times for
> what is conceptually a single declaration."
>

That's what I get for reading too fast. Still, it does come after the
sentence "This becomes less readable with longer methods," making the
retyping-avoidance feel like an afterthought.
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