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PEP 572: Python assignment expressions has been accepted

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317 points est | 1 comments | 03 Jul 18 08:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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roel_v ◴[03 Jul 18 09:19 UTC] No.17448647[source]▶
Having just spend the last few weeks writing Python, this comment will come off as bitter, but - really? Out of all the shitty syntax things, this sort of thing is what they're willing to fix?
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1. icebraining ◴[03 Jul 18 09:30 UTC] No.17448723[source]▶
You're right, it does come off as bitter, but worse, it's not a good conversation starter. People who like Python and forced occasional Python developers tend to have different ideas about what is a "shitty syntax thing" and what is a core feature of the language.

Is there a better example of something that is generally agreed to be "shitty" yet could be fixed in a clean way, without breaking backwards compatibility?