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[Python-Dev] SyntaxError: can't assign to function call

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On 8/10/06, James Y Knight <foom at fuhm.net> wrote:
> It makes just as much sense as assigning to an array access, and the
> semantics would be pretty similar.

No. Array references (x[i]) and attribute references (x.a) represent
"locations". Function calls represent values. This is no different
than the distinction between lvalues and rvalues in C.

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--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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