[New-bugs-announce] [issue39176] Syntax error message uses strange term: "named assignment"

[Ned Batchelder]

New submission from Ned Batchelder <ned at nedbatchelder.com>:

I know this is not allowed:

>>> ((a, b, c) := (1, 2, 3))
  File "<stdin>", line 1
SyntaxError: cannot use named assignment with tuple


But what is "named assignment", and why is this SyntaxError talking about it?  Shouldn't it say "cannot use assignment expressions with tuple" ?

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messages: 359138
nosy: nedbat
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Syntax error message uses strange term: "named assignment"

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