On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 4:21 AM Jeff Gitlin <jeff.git...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wednesday, December 25, 2019 at 9:22:56 AM UTC-5, Chris Angelico wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 1:16 AM Jeff Gitlin <jeff.git...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > With the new operator := in Python 3.8 > > > that allows you to do things like > > > > > > if ( x := f() ) == 1: > > > > > > Is there any reason to use just the assignment operator? > > > > I don't understand the question. Are you asking why the normal "=" > > operator should be used? For starters, "=" is far more flexible than > > ":=" in terms of what it can assign to. > > > > ChrisA > > Chris, > Can you give me a few examples of what you can do with = and not do with the > new := ?
https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0572/#differences-between-assignment-expressions-and-assignment-statements ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
