From: Wayne Scott <wscott@...>
Date: 2000-08-01T21:42:22-07:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:04304] Re: basic ops in some languages

From: faatdilac@my-deja.com
> Why the following works in Perl:
> 
> $a = ($b = 2) * 3;
> 
> and Ruby:
> 
> a = (b = 2) * 3
> 
> but not in Python:
> 
> a = (b = 2) * 3

In Python 'var = expr' is a statement.  It is NOT an expression and
doesn't return a value.  The prevents errors like 'if (i = 5)' when
you ment '=='.  I don't think it is worth it.  I like making assignment
':=' (like pascal).  The makes the typo much harder visually.

-Wayne