Re: [Python-ideas] if expensive_computation() as x:

On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 03:31:19PM -0500, random832@fastmail.us wrote:

Isn't this whole concept just a way of sneaking in assignments-as-expressions?

Certainly is.

I'd almost say it would be preferable to _actually_ allow assignments as expressions [maybe with an alternate operator like := if we're too worried about people making a mistake in a condition],

-1 on this. Python is not C and should not emulate it's mistakes, no matter how tempting they seem :-) -- Steven