On 17 May 2018 at 12:58, bartc <b...@freeuk.com> wrote: > On 17/05/2018 04:54, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> >> On Thu, 17 May 2018 05:33:38 +0400, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote: >> >>> what does := proposes to do? > >> A simple example (not necessarily a GOOD example, but a SIMPLE one): >> >> print(x := 100, x+1, x*2, x**3) > > > It's also not a good example because it assumes left-to-right evaluation > order of the arguments. Even if Python guarantees that, it might be a > problem if the code is ever ported anywhere else.
It's a good example, because it makes it clear that the benefits of := are at least in some cases, somewhat dependent on the fact that Python evaluates arguments left to right :-) Paul -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
