Hello there,

I have an idea for initializing a variable the first time it’s created; it can especially be helpful with containers, and dicts specifically. Let me demonstrate with some examples:

Dic = {} # format fruit:count

for fruit in fruits:

   If fruit in Dic:

      Dic[fruit]+=1

   Else:

      Dic[fruit]=1

With my proposal, using := to init (similar to how in math parlance, the := is used for defining something for the first time)

Dic =  {} # format fruit:count

For fruit in fruits:

   Dic[fruit]:= 0

   Dic[fruit]+=1

Would be great to hear your feedback. Thanks.

Moj

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