> The use of the colon in Python is pretty good as it mirrors the usage in ordinary text. Though it still follows the pattern "if (A): B else: C" with parenthes

> The use of the colon in Python is pretty good as it mirrors the usage in ordinary text. Though it still follows the pattern "if (A): B else: C" with parentheses around A. Python doesn't require parens for the condition in an if-statement, and the default settings of black or Ruff formatters will remove them if present where not needed. (They can be needed if, e.g., you are breaking a condition across multiple physical lines.) > Unfortunately Python also follows the herd in using "=" for assignment and "==" for equality. It should arguably be "<-" or ":=" for assignment and "=" for equality. Note that Python uses ":=" for the assignment expression operator as well as "=" for the simple assignment statement operator.