Is it possible to add or improve the syntax for consecutively defined variables and consecutive assignments?

[fenginsc]

The current syntax for defining variables/constants doesn't work very well, you either have to write multiple lines or you have to use the deconstruction syntax:

var a = 3 var b = 4 var c = 5 var (d,e) = (6,7) 

Can it be written in one of the following forms?

var a = 1, b = 2 var a, b = 1, 2 

The assignment syntax doesn't work very well either, you can only assign one value at a time:

var a = 3 var b = 4 a = 4 b = 5 

Can it be written in one of the following forms?

(a, b) = (4, 5) a, b = 4, 5 

And the continuous assignment syntax is not currently supported, currently only:

a = 4 b = 4 //or b = a a ={b = 4; b} 

It would be great to support this writing!

a = b = 4 

thanks!

[som-snytt]

If this question were posted on discussions, the answer might be SIP-59

scala/improvement-proposals#73

which has a draft impl.