things I wish python could do

[Ville Vainio]

>>>>> "Terry" == Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> writes:

    Terry> Would you really prefer writing <target> = expression as
    Terry> set('<target>', expression) or as the 'special-form'
    Terry> pseudofunction call setq(<target>, expression)?  Just about
    Terry> all Python statements are statements because they would
    Terry> also be a PITA, and possibly more so, as expressions.

Couldn't a = 10 still be an expression despite the syntax? Or at least
behave like one, i.e. yield a result, probably 10 or None...

These days I do think it's not that big a deal, though. Putting
assignment into the condition part of while is a habit people will
outgrow, and other statements would be very clumsy as expressions.

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Ville Vainio   http://tinyurl.com/2prnb