All discussion I've ever seen was about the need for the feature, not its spelling. I didn't even know "as" was proposed, but in fact it is an "alternate spelli

All discussion I've ever seen was about the need for the feature, not its spelling. I didn't even know "as" was proposed, but in fact it is an "alternate spelling" they considered[1] in the PEP. [1] https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0572/#alternative-spellings https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0572/#alternative-spelli...