Guido on Permanent Vacation from BDFL

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I looked at the pep, and was surprised that GvR was in support of it. I was under the impression that the rule about assignment not possible in expressions was one of his original purposes in Python, as having too many things in one line can get convoluted quickly.

Oh yes. Opinions can change. Language design is very opinionated.
My first surprise was, as he came with Type Hinting.
But if you use them at the right place, you'll benefit.
Using Type Hints everywhere doesn't look nice.