a = b = 1 just syntactic sugar?

[Erik Max Francis]

Ed Avis wrote:

> Is there a way to write an expression which sets b and does return
> something?

Sure, with difficulty.  But if the language has been specifically
designed so that assignment is a statement, not an expression, wouldn't
you think it's not considered such a good idea?  There might be
enlightenment on the road of figuring out why the language is designed
that way, rather than trying to get around what you perceive as a
limitation but which the community in general considers a feature.

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