How do you read something like " while (cmd := get_command()).token !=
CMD_QUIT:" in plain english?
On Fri, 11 May 2018 at 12:15 Jacco van Dorp
2018-05-11 11:56 GMT+02:00 João Santos
: Optimizing syntax for space makes sense for "mathematical" notation since it's commonly written by hand, but putting space above readability in a programming language design feels like a skewmorphism.
You are assuming "given" to improve readability, where I stated ":= is perfectly clear ", at least in my opinion. Therefore, since clarity is already achieved, the rest is clutter that reduces readability. _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/