= vs. == in Py3k

[Tim Rowe]

In article <F2005.859$Qf6.33080 at nuq-read.news.verio.net>, lk at veriomail.com 
(Lawrence Kesteloot) wrote:

> 
> If one of the goals of Python 3000 is to make it easy for new
> programmers to learn, how about removing the distinction
> between = and ==?  The only kinds of examples I can think of

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The construct
	a = a + 1
can confuse newbies too, provoking a response along the lines of "not for 
finite 'a' it doesn't!"

I reckon that's sufficient ground for a distinction between assignment and 
equality. '=' possibly isn't the best choice for assignment, though I much 
prefer it to "ADD 1 TO a GIVING a".