On 7 mai, 23:20, John Roth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 7, 3:03 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 7 mai, 21:41, Gary Herron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Méta-MCI (MVP) wrote: > > > > Hi! > > > > >> I don't often feel like using this word > > > > > Look at languages like OCAML or F # > > > > > @-salutations > > > > Well of course, we're all well aware of other languages that allow > > > variables to be bound in the middle of an expression. It's just that > > > Python was purposely created without that (mis)feature because it's so > > > unclear, and easy to abuse. > > > This is the same argument that has been used to justify the lack of MI > > and operator overloading in Java. > > > Not that I would support having assignment as expressions in Python > > (wouldn't fit the whole design IMHO), but this is still a somewhat > > arbitrary design choice, not necessarily a GoodThing(tm) by itself - > > well designed expression-based languages have their strength too. > > Clearly this leaves C and C++ out [grin].
Indeed. Neither are expression-based languages anyway. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list