Roy Smith wrote: > decision. In Python, assignment is not an operator with side effects like > in C or Java, but a statement.
<nitpick> assignemnt is actually an expression in those languages, not a statement. </nitpick> > The lack of embedded assignments leads to slightly more verbose code in > situations like this, but on the other hand, it avoids the typical C > disaster of writing a whole function as a one liner. Writing disasters in python just takes a little more creativity. ;) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
