Return value of an assignment statement?

[mrstephengross]

Hi all. In C, an assignment statement returns the value assigned. For
instance:

  int x
  int y = (x = 3)

In the above example, (x=3) returns 3, which is assigned to y.

In python, as far as I can tell, assignment statements don't return
anything:

  y = (x = 3)

The above example generates a SyntaxError.

Is this correct? I just want to make sure I've understood the
semantics.

Thanks,
--Steve