<div dir="ltr">+1 to this reasoning. One of the main reason python is popular is because code is easy to read, while ":=" would clearly not be as readable as "given". For me the difference between "given" and ":=" is the same as between python and C for loops.<br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, 11 May 2018 at 09:06 Greg Ewing <<a href="mailto:greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz">greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Guido van Rossum wrote:<br>
> I'd need well-reasoned explanations<br>
<br>
My reasoning is essentially the same as what I've already<br>
said about "where". To summarise, "given" sounds like<br>
something an English-speaking mathematician would write,<br>
whereas ":=" doesn't even have an obvious pronunciation.<br>
Some variation on "given" just seems greatly more pythonic<br>
to me.<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Greg<br>
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