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Mon Feb 26 19:30:59 EST 2018 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2018-February/152308.html

On 26/02/2018 19:08, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> I would like to remind all wannabe language designers that grammar 
> design is not just solving puzzles. It's also about keeping the 
> overall feel of the language readable. I'm getting the idea that none 
> of the proposals discussed so far (whether new syntax or clever use of 
> existing syntax) satisfy that constraint. Sometimes a for-loop is just 
> better.
>
I don't know if you intended these remarks to include my proposal (to 
allow "for VAR = EXPR"), as your message was posted only 27 minutes 
after mine.
With respect, I honestly feel that this is a relatively small change 
that makes the language *more* readable.

Feel free, one and all, to tell me why I'm wrong.
Best wishes,
Rob Cliffe
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