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“I'm basically giving myself a permanent vacation from being BDFL”

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2024 points randlet | 3 comments | 12 Jul 18 15:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.735s | source
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password4321 ◴[12 Jul 18 16:02 UTC] No.17515875[source]▶
>Now that PEP 572 is done, I don't ever want to have to fight so hard for a PEP and find that so many people despise my decisions.

PEP 572: Python assignment expressions has been accepted

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17448439

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1. ehsankia ◴[12 Jul 18 21:02 UTC] No.17518581[source]▶
Is the final syntax := surrounded by parenthesis?
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2. hermitdev ◴[12 Jul 18 21:05 UTC] No.17518604[source]▶
Yes
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3. int_19h ◴[13 Jul 18 01:13 UTC] No.17519854[source]▶
If the PEP that's published is final, then it only requires parens in certain context to make things clearer, like on the right side of the assignment statement.