[Delaney, Timothy] > I think the addition of this would lead to a more functional style of > programming. This may be a plus for some people, and a minus for others. > MINUS! And yes, I have done my fair share of Scheme and Lisp programming so this is not an ignorant statement. Python is not a functional language, nor do I personally want to see it go in that direction. Guido has said before that he regrets including ``lambda``, ``map`` and the other built-in methods that come from the functional world (read his "Python Regrets" presentation from OSCON 2002). But I am sure there are people out there who disagree with my view. =) So I am still going to hold as my main argument that it does not promote concise code and I want to keep the LHS of the assignment simple. But then again that might be a bias coming from a right-handed person. =) -Brett
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