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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