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Author	jfine2358
Recipients	docs@python, jfine2358
Date	2018-07-26.14:19:36
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The title says it all. faq/design: PEP 572 adds assignment expressions https://docs.python.org/3.8/faq/design.html#why-can-t-i-use-an-assignment-in-an-expression [Can't use] this C idiom: while (line = readline(f)) { // do something with line } https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0572/ while chunk := file.read(8192): process(chunk)

The title says it all.
faq/design: PEP 572 adds assignment expressions

https://docs.python.org/3.8/faq/design.html#why-can-t-i-use-an-assignment-in-an-expression
[Can't use] this C idiom:
while (line = readline(f)) {
    // do something with line
}

https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0572/
while chunk := file.read(8192):
   process(chunk)

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