Augmented Assignement (was: Re: PEP scepticism)

[Piet van Oostrum]

>>>>> Steve Horne <sh at ttsoftware.co.uk> (SH) writes:

SH> I've always liked having a colon on my assignment operator - I think
SH> the single = for assignment was a mistake. If we had := for
SH> assignment, then augmented assignments would be more clearly distinct
SH> from other operators - :+=, :-=, :*= etc etc.

Should be +:=, like in Algol 68.
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