A Summary: Expression-Assignments. (Very Long)

[Adrian Eyre]

> Unlike C and Perl, in Python the code 'a=b' is a statement, not an
> expression. That means it does not return any value, [snip]

Actually, I find this part of Python a bit inconsistent since:

a=b=1		is valid while
a=(b=1)	is not...

To me the fact that 'a=b=1' works implies that the 'b=1' bit is
actually returning a value. This should perhaps be more consistent
in Python by either making 'a=b=1' illegal, or making 'a=(b=1)' legal.

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