[Python-ideas] Quick idea: defining variables from functions that take the variable name
Sven R. Kunze
srkunze at mail.de
Tue May 31 09:01:48 EDT 2016
And here we go again. Sorry for posting unfinished stuff:
On 31.05.2016 11:05, Paul Moore wrote:
> If this was simply about type definitions, I'd agree. But I thought
> the point of Guido's post was that having seen two examples (TypeVar
> and Symbol) is there a more general approach that might cover these
> two cases as well as others? So just looking at the problem in terms
> of stub files isn't really the point here.
>
I don't know why this needs special syntax anyway. Maybe, somebody could
explain. Even Guido said it was just for procrastinating. So, I don't
give much weight to it.
Anyway, what's the difference between:
a = <something>
and
def a = <something>
?
Both evaluate RHS and assign the result to a name (if not already
defined, define the name)
The only benefit I can see is some a syntax like:
def a
which defines a name in the scope without content. If that's useful? Maybe.
Best,
Sven
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