[Python-Dev] PEP 572: Assignment Expressions
Chris Jerdonek
chris.jerdonek at gmail.com
Tue Apr 17 04:26:46 EDT 2018
On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 12:46 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Having survived four rounds in the boxing ring at python-ideas, PEP
> 572 is now ready to enter the arena of python-dev. I'll let the
> proposal speak for itself. Be aware that the reference implementation
> currently has a few test failures, which I'm still working on, but to
> my knowledge nothing will prevent the proposal itself from being
> successfully implemented.
Very interesting / exciting, thanks!
> Augmented assignment is not supported in expression form::
>
> >>> x +:= 1
> File "<stdin>", line 1
> x +:= 1
> ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Can you include in the PEP a brief rationale for not accepting this
form? In particular, is the intent never to support it, or is the
intent to expressly allow adding it at a later date (e.g. after
getting experience with the simpler form, etc)?
--Chris
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