That’s an impressively incorrect history of the operator. The zen of Python is not a binding constitution. It does not mean nothing can be added if there is so

That’s an impressively incorrect history of the operator. The zen of Python is not a binding constitution. It does not mean nothing can be added if there is some way to do it already, especially if that way improves things. It’s no more “going against the principles” than f-strings where, and they turned out just great.