[Python-ideas] Assignment decorators (Re: The Descriptor Protocol...)

Tue Mar 8 14:07:33 CET 2011

Raymond Hettinger wrote:
> Just for the fun of it, here's my offering:
>>> a := gizmo(arg1, arg2)
>> is equivalent to
>> a = gimzo(arg1, arg2, __name__='a')

For what it's worth, this is the only proposal so far that I like.
> Disadvantage:
>> * I'm still not sure that the "problem" is worth solving.
> * Between this and function annotations, it looks like Pascal is coming back.

Surely that's an advantage? *wink*
Cut-my-teeth-on-Pascal-and-it-didn't-do-me-any-harm-ly y'rs,
-- 
Steven