On Feb 12, 2020, at 06:49, Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> wrote: > > On 02/11/2020 01:49 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > >> Oh, definitely for the best. This now allows us to write complex >> assertions much more easily and efficiently: >> assert log(flag := complex_expression) or flag > > That doesn't seem very useful: for that assert to fail, `flag` would have to > be falsey, and if falsey, then surely the log of it is not helpful?
You’ve never had some rare code path that’s missing a return, and wasted half an hour trying to figure out how you could possibly be getting 0 out of that calculation before realizing you’re actually getting None? _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/B6XX2XABDPUEUBC3KJWHGDHZIHC4K7OK/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
