variable declaration

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at iinet.net.au
Thu Feb 10 10:09:15 EST 2005


Antoon Pardon wrote:
> I don't think that would be a big issue. Python uses '=' also
> differently from a number of languages. My preference would
> currently be for ':=' because I have the impression that if
> you don't leave spaces the period in '.=' tends to be obscured.
> 
>   x.=42   vs    x:=42
> 
> seems a clear win for the second IMO.
> 

I'm forced to agree. So I'll use the latter syntax if I end up writing anything 
further about rebinding :)

Cheers,
Nick.

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