[Python-ideas] PEP 572 version 2: Statement-Local Name Bindings

[Chris Angelico]

On Sat, Mar 3, 2018 at 12:48 PM, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>> It would NOT work for anything where the bool() of
>> the desired object doesn't exactly match the loop's condition.
>
>
>    while condition(x) where x = something():
>       ...
>

And we're back to needing a new keyword. Though this is reasonably
plausible, so I could add it to the PEP (as another rejected
alternative) if there's support for it.

ChrisA