Overloadable Assignment PEP

[Erik Max Francis]

Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters wrote:

> Then again, I wouldn't mind adding the new operator ":=" which was
> "generic augmentation"... the operator could do -absolutely nothing-
> for
> standard types, but could be available for custom meaning in custom
> types.

That strikes me as a better approach; having a special "augmentation"
operator which has no predefined meaning but can be overridden as
desired, and thereby leaving usual assignment alone.

The only reservation I might have is whether or not := is a good choice,
simply because of the :=/= and =/== language differences out there.

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