Depending on what you do on the lhs of = you can actually overwrite this operator. It could be setattr or setitem instead of bind-to-name. Because you can over

Depending on what you do on the lhs of = you can actually overwrite this operator. It could be setattr or setitem instead of bind-to-name. Because you can overwrite = only in certain cases that are defined, by the syntax, you can't easily elevate = to an expression and be done with it.