[Python-Dev] PEP 572: Assignment Expressions

[Chris Angelico]

On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 2:40 AM, Tim Peters <tim.peters at gmail.com> wrote:
> [Antoine]
>> ...
>> Yes... I think most will agree that Python is generally easy to take up
>> for people coming from C++ etc., so my "easier to learn and teach" was
>> mostly about non-programmers.
>
> [Tim]
>>> even for raw beginners the semantics are the tiniest part of what
>>> they need to learn anyway about Python's assignment expressions.
>
>> I'm not sure what you mean by that.  If it's the tiniest part, what's
>> the overwhelming part?
>
> I was hoping it was clear from context that I was talking about
> "binding expressions", not the PEP's wholly general "assignment
> expressions".

Hopefully you have seen, or soon will see, the latest posting of the
PEP, in which assignment targets are restricted to simple names. :)
Though I still talk about "assignment expressions". I don't see a
problem with calling them that, but I also don't see a problem with
calling them "binding expressions" if you prefer.

ChrisA