[Python-ideas] How assignment should work with generators?

[Kirill Balunov]

While I was more optimistic when I proposed this idea, moving on I
gradually become less and less optimistic. I did not underestimate how much
this would change the semantics. At present, if the lhs is comma-separated
list of targets, the rhs is evaluated, and only then if they match the
assignment happens. Here it depends on the number of targets in lhs, and
should be evaluated lazily. So someone too perlish clever can assume that
with the proposed syntax:

>>> def gen():
>>>     for i in ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']:
>>>         v = x if 'x' in globals() else 'var '
>>>         yield v + i

>>> x, y = gen()
>>> x
var a
>>> y
var ab

This is bad and I do not like it, but I do not see any serious reasons why
it should not be allowed. In case of Ellipsis they also should trigger
special behavior.

 While I like this feature of lazy assignment, may be it becomes more
special than it deserves.

With kind regards, -gdg
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