Python dot-equals (syntax proposal)

[Stefan Behnel]

J. Cliff Dyer, 30.04.2010 18:20:
> 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?
>
> 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/

In any case, the right place to discuss this is the python-ideas list.

Stefan