1 Jul
2020
1 Jul
'20
3:10 p.m.
On 01/07/2020 15:50, Guido van Rossum wrote:
Before we all get a little too excited here, I think that allowing ``` 1 = x ``` as a sneaky way of writing ``` assert x == 1 ``` would be a terrible mistake.
+1 One of Python's major virtues is that it's pretty easy to read and get the gist of what's going on, even if the details take a bit more work. If you have to second-guess every assignment, much of that virtue is lost. -- Rhodri James *-* Kynesim Ltd