On 25-09-17 18:29, Steve D'Aprano wrote: > > Regardless of whether I'm using Python, Swift, Java, C, Pascal or Scheme, if I > write something like: > > x = Parrot(name="Polly") > > (using Python syntax for simplicity) and somebody tries to tell me that the > value of x is anything but a Parrot instance named "Polly", I have no time for > that sort of nonsense. They might as well tell me that I'm typing this > response > on an elephant.
And if you write it like that, implying that the assignment semantics is the same for all these languages, I'm not surprises people get confused. -- Antoon Pardon. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list