Any reason that we don't have assignment expression in Python?

[Courageous]

>>In Python, assignment is a statement and can't be an "expression" returning
>>a value. Any reason for that? Say, Pythonians try to keep everything simple
>>and compact, but wouldn't assignment expression make codes simpler?

One of Python's great graces is the ease with which it is learned. While additional
features often have a per-feature coolness value to them, contemplate ANSI-C++
or ANSI Common Lisp to see examples of where creeping featurism leads. There
is a reason that some programmers joke that an ANSI committee is the defacto
end of a computer programming language.



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