= vs. == in Py3k

[David]

On Thu, 8 Jun 2000 23:18:26 -0700, "Lawrence Kesteloot" <lk at veriomail.com>
wrote:

>If one of the goals of Python 3000 is to make it easy for new
>programmers to learn, how about removing the distinction
>between = and ==?  The only kinds of examples I can think of
>where this is useful is something like:

How about fixing the error codes to be more newbie-friendly?  When a = is
used in place of ==, the error code should use clear language and suggest a
solution.
 
I think newbies would learn extremely quickly that = != ==.