[Python-3000] suggestion: structured assignment

[Greg Ewing]

Daniel Wong wrote:
> Ironic that you should mention it. He already mentioned it.

The time machine thing is pretty much a standard
joke in the Python community, which goes to show
how common it is for people to be pleasantly
surprised by what Python already does.

I think everyone's being a bit hard on Mr. Wong
here. When you're new to Python, you don't always
realise at first how deep and subtle a thing
you're dealing with. I was guilty of failing to
follow the try-it-first rule myself in the early
days. I soon learned better.

In fact, it works the other way too -- the
transcript I posted was the result of me thinking
"Doesn't that already work? Hang on, I'd better
try it first to make sure it really does..."
:-)

-- 
Greg