[Python-ideas] PEP 572: Statement-Local Name Bindings, take three!

[Nikolaus Rath]

On Mar 25 2018, Guido van Rossum <guido-+ZN9ApsXKcEdnm+yROfE0A at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I gotta say I'm warming up to := in preference over 'as', *if* we're going
> to do this at all (not a foregone conclusion at all).

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned it yet, so as a quick datapoint:
Go also uses := for assignment, so there's some precedent.


Best,
-Nikolaus

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