# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2006-10-08 11:44:18 +0100:
> That's because assignment isn't an operator - that's why (for example)
>
> print x = 33
>
> would be a syntax error. This is a deliberate design decision about
> which, history shows, there is little use complaining.
Just to clarify: not that there's little complaining about
assignment not being an expression, it's useless to complain because
all previous complaints have been shot down on the basis of claims
of reduced safety and readability. People who complain often fail to
see how
x = foo()
while x:
process(x)
x = foo()
is safer than
while x = foo():
process(x)
(duplication hampers code safety) or how some other features present
in the language, e. g. comprehensions, could make it past the
readability check.
Everybody has an opinion; those who put the most work in the project
get to decide what the software looks like.
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