Some Python 2.1 ideas

[Jay O'Connor]

>It's my guess that one reason Python
>doesn't support this is to make "=" illegal inside expressions, thus
>avoiding the "=" vs. "==" errors common in C. A response to that objection
>is to use a different token for embedded assignment 

Another response to that objection would be that languages that support
a proper Boolean type do not exhibit errors based on "=" versus "=="


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