Edward Elliott wrote: > Edward Elliott wrote: >> <nitpick> assignemnt is actually an expression in those languages, not a >> statement. </nitpick> > > s/statement/operator/
<shakes head> it was probably clearer the first time, but let me rephrase: in C/Java, assignment is neither a statement not an operator. it is an expression involving a certain operator. that operator (not so) coincidentally happens to be the assignment operator, or one of its variants. ah forget it, replying to your reply to yourself is probably illegal... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list