[Python-ideas] The "in"-statement

[Calvin Spealman]

On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Markus Unterwaditzer <
markus at unterwaditzer.net> wrote:

> This is my first post on this mailinglist and i haven't lurked a long time
> yet,
> so please be gentle.
>
> While mocking objects, i got annoyed by the following code pattern i had to
> use when modifying multiple attributes on a single object::
>
>     obj.first_attr = "value"
>     obj.second_attr = "value2"
>
>     some_other = "lel"
>
> I thought it would be neat if i could do::
>
>     in obj:
>         first_attr = "value"
>         second_attr = "value2"
>
>     some_other = "lel"  # indenting this would cause it to appear as an
> attribute of obj
>

in obj_1:
    in obj_2:
        a = b

Tell me what this does, then.


> Just a vague idea. Tell me what you think.
>
> -- Markus
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