Assignment as operator

["Paul C. Anagnostopoulos" <paul@...>]

>Given that you gain nothing except a few less characters
in source code, and increase >complexity of both the parser and
readability, I don't see a valid case for asking for it.
>Matthew P. Del Buono

The parser may be slightly more complex, but the question of readability
is subjective. I find embedded assignment more readable in certain cases.
In particular, I think this is certainly more readable:

a = b = c

than this:

a, b = c, c

and clearer in its intent than:

b = c
a = b

But maybe that's just me.

~~ Paul



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