On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 11:35:20AM -0400, Yury Selivanov wrote: > Yes, it would force users to come up with better names *iff* they want > to use this new sugar: > > if (first_target = get_first_candidate()) ... > elif (second_target = get_second_candidate()) ...
They're not better names. Adding "first_" and "second_" prefixes are just meaningless waffle added to the name "target" to satisfy the compiler so it doesn't complain about reusing the name. And it is a clear inconsistency with = as a statement and = as an expression: # allowed target = get_first_candidate() if target: ... else: target = get_second_candidate() if target: ... # refactor, and we get a syntax error if (target = get_first_candidate()): ... elif (target = get_second_candidate()): ... And I cannot even begin to guess whether this will be allowed or not: if (target = get_first_candidate()): ... while (target = get_second_candidate()): ... -- Steve _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com