[Python-ideas] Allowing def to assign to anything

[Alexander Walters]

I imagine in the case of assigning to a class or instance, the name 
would be the same (and binding to self would act the same) as if it were 
assigned in the traditional way.  I do not propose that assigning to 
classes in this way be considered a good idea.

as for when assigned to a data structure, my admittedly naive idea would 
be to set the name to '__none__' or some such.  I am open to other ideas 
though.

On 10/26/2015 02:19, Andrew Barnert wrote:
> Seems interesting.
>
> What's the name of the defined function? For an attribution like "spam.eggs" you'd probably want it to be "eggs", and I guess for "spam['eggs']" as well, but what about "spam['two words']" or "spam[2]"?
>
> I assume the qualname is just the name.
>
> Also, would this go through the descriptor mechanism if you def an attribution?