[Python-Dev] PEP 572: Assignment Expressions

[Ethan Furman]

On 04/24/2018 12:59 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 5:54 AM, Mike Miller 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.

They only bind to simple names, and they can occur in expressions.  ;)

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~Ethan~