Avoiding local variable declarations?

[dpapathanasiou]

> Any time you port between languages, it's rarely a good idea to just
> convert code verbatim. For example:
>
> import random, string
> def random_char():
>     return random.choice(string.ascii_letters + string.digits)

Good point, and thanks for the idiomatic Python example (I like the
conciseness); I'm still wrapping my mind around how Python statements
should be constructed.