[Python-ideas] Modern language design survey for "assign and compare" statements

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 02:53:46PM -0400, Juancarlo Añez wrote:
 
> This shouldn't be:
> 
> if os.fork() as child_pid:
>     parent(child_pid)
> else:
>    child()
> 
> print(child_pid)  # child_pid is undefined

Why on earth would it be undefined?

Anyway, if you want to propose an alternative to PEP 572, you ought to 
write your own competing PEP.


-- 
Steve