[Python-ideas] Inline assignment expression

[Aahz]

On Sun, Mar 15, 2009, Nick Coghlan wrote:
>
> B. The proposal uses different assignment syntax ('x -> y', 'y <- x', 'x
> as y') and runs afoul of the question of why are there two forms of
> assignment statement? (Since any expression can be a statement, the new
> embedded assignment syntax would either work as a statement as well, or
> else a special rule would have to added to the compiler to say "cannot
> use embedded assignment expression as statement - use an assignment
> statement instead").

Just for the record, the most common different syntax suggested has
historically been Pascal's ``:=``
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