[Python-ideas] Combining test and assignment

[alex23]

On Jan 22, 2:18 pm, Eike Hein <s... at eikehein.com> wrote:
> Can anyone think of another way to do an assignment
> and a truth test in the same expression with today's
> tools?

I've seen something similar to this used before:

    class Holder(object):
        def __call__(self, value):
            self.value = value
            return self

        def __eq__(self, val):
            return self.value == val

        __req__ = __eq__


    from random import choice
    some_func = lambda: choice(['a','b','c'])

    holder = Holder()
    if holder(some_func()) == 'a':
        print 'A'
    elif holder == 'b':
        print 'B'
    elif holder == 'c':
        print 'C'

As you can see, it still requires a value to be defined before the
conditional, though :)