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312 points chmaynard | 1 comments | 28 Aug 25 23:27 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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sbinnee ◴[29 Aug 25 10:39 UTC] No.45062385[source]▶
I am surprised that the walrus operator had to do with Guido's resignation. The walrus operator is awesome. There are so many cases you need a temporary variable in a control flow. The walrus is a beautiful way to handle it.
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1. mixmastamyk ◴[29 Aug 25 16:07 UTC] No.45065905[source]▶
The functionality is sound, but Python already had the “as” pattern available. So I still believe creating a third way to do assignment was a mistake.