[Python-Dev] PEP 572: Assignment Expressions

[Chris Angelico]

On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 5:54 AM, Mike Miller <python-dev at mgmiller.net> wrote:
> Also, these "binding expressions" are not exactly plain assignment, as it
> has been known.

Aside from the restriction to binding only to a simple name, and the
fact that they're also an expression with the same value, how are they
not the same as plain assignment? Any discrepancies should be
considered bugs.

ChrisA