[Python-ideas] x )= f as shorthand for x=f(x)

[Blake Winton]

Some people wrote:
 >>>> Function calls in Python are indicated by () following the function name.
 >>> I contend that "x )= f" captures some perfume of the invariant you mention,

But not enough of it.  A syntax of "x ()= f" would seem to have more chance of 
being accepted.  But I would still give it no more than 0.1% chance, based on 
the potential confusion between it and "x() = f"...

> In conclusion, I guess I'm warranted to take this to mean "we can 
> dream up no appropriate syntax".

If I were you, I would take it more as "that suggestion is too Functional (or 
perhaps just too confusing) for Python."  (If you're looking for a language that 
has filed all the corners off, might I suggest Scheme.  No, seriously, I'm not 
making a parenthesis joke here.)

Later,
Blake.