On 25 April 2017 at 22:15, Brice PARENT <contact@brice.xyz> wrote:
Also, I did find the decorator proposal intriguing, though have to say I probably wouldn't bother to use it unless it were a builtin or I had a dozen parameters to deal with.
If you *need* a shorter solution, even though I'm not entirely sure there's a real need for it, it may be easier to get something like this (I think, as there is no new operator involved) :
It seems to me that the number of people for whom both of the following hold: 1. Writing out the assignments "longhand" is an unacceptable burden. 2. Using a decorator (which can be written directly in your project, doesn't even need to be an external dependency) is unacceptable. is likely to be small enough that it's not a compelling argument for adding new syntax. Add to that the fact that these people would be arguing "I want the ability to avoid writing out the assignments, but I don't want that capability enough to use a decorator" - which hardly says that a syntax change is vital - and it's difficult to see this proposal getting accepted. Paul