Re: [Python-ideas] Syntax for easy binding __name__, __module__, __qualname__ to arbitrary objects

Nick Coghlan wrote:

We've had this discussion before, and any use of "as" should be to bind to a name on the RHS

I don't remember any consensus being reached on this. My opinion is that imposing any such restriction on the use of "as" would be a foolish consistency that rules out a lot of natural-sounding constructs. -- Greg