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| author | Ammar Askar <ammar@ammaraskar.com> | 2019-10-25 22:20:05 (GMT) |
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| committer | Zachary Ware <zach@python.org> | 2019-10-25 22:20:05 (GMT) |
| commit | cb2cf06b0aad1851f54999497c1b50c381d1fdd8 (patch) | |
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bpo-38558: Mention `:=` in conditions tutorial (GH-16919)
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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst b/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst index a0d5627..2f7afb0 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst @@ -675,10 +675,10 @@ to a variable. For example, :: >>> non_null 'Trondheim' -Note that in Python, unlike C, assignment cannot occur inside expressions. C -programmers may grumble about this, but it avoids a common class of problems -encountered in C programs: typing ``=`` in an expression when ``==`` was -intended. +Note that in Python, unlike C, assignment inside expressions must be done +explicitly with the walrus operator ``:=``. This avoids a common class of +problems encountered in C programs: typing ``=`` in an expression when ``==`` +was intended. .. _tut-comparing: |