Python dot-equals (syntax proposal)

[J. Cliff Dyer]

That's kind of a nifty idea.  However, python is currently under a
syntax moratorium.  No syntax changes will be accepted for at least 24
months starting from the release date of Python 3.1.  See more details
here: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3003/

Cheers,
Cliff


On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 09:04 -0700, Jabapyth wrote:
> At least a few times a day I wish python had the following shortcut
> syntax:
> 
> vbl.=func(args)
> 
> this would be equivalent to
> 
> vbl = vbl.func(args)
> 
> example:
> 
> foo = "Hello world"
> foo.=split(" ")
> print foo
> # ['Hello', 'world']
> 
> and I guess you could generalize this to
> 
> vbl.=[some text]
> #
> vbl = vbl.[some text]
> 
> e.g.
> 
> temp.=children[0]
> # temp = temp.children[0]
> 
> thoughts?