assignment expression peeve

anton muhin antonmuhin.REMOVE.ME.FOR.REAL.MAIL at rambler.ru
Thu Oct 16 06:22:17 EDT 2003


Carl Banks wrote:
> Paul Rubin wrote:
> 
> No.  The English equivalent of "a=b" is "set a to b" or "let a equal
> b" or something like that.  Your construction "a named b" completely
> fails to communicate that a's value becomes the same as b's.

I cannot agree, especially when Python is concerned: Python assignment 
just copies references, therefore, it's rather direct counterpart for 
'Bill guy' example.

best regards,
anton.





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