Why do we need ==?

[Terry Reedy]

"M" <marvelan at hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:c0abefc3.0212090428.202ae1a2 at posting.google.com...
> Just doing some thinking....
>
> Why do Python use the == syntax for comparison?
>
> As assignment inside an if is not possible would not
> comparison could be done with just one =?

Another answer: when using the interpreter interactively,
a=1 # which always executes, and
a==1 # which prints 0, 1, or exception message
are both both possible and sensible.

Terry J. Reedy