if <assignment>:

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> From: André Næss [mailto:andre.hates.spam at ifi.uio.no]
> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 8:00 AM
> 
> When I started learning Python one of the things that 
> surprised me was that you couldn't do assignments inside
> the if clause, e.g.:
> 
> if myvar = someFunction():
>

Why does it surprise you?

Most all languages, except those of C descent, don't
have if <assignment>.

-gustavo