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diff --git a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst index 88d4fca..14c2afa 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst @@ -1781,10 +1781,11 @@ Or, when processing a file stream in chunks: while chunk := file.read(9000): process(chunk) -Assignment expressions must be surrounded by parentheses when used -as sub-expressions in slicing, conditional, lambda, -keyword-argument, and comprehension-if expressions -and in ``assert`` and ``with`` statements. +Assignment expressions must be surrounded by parentheses when +used as expression statements and when used as sub-expressions in +slicing, conditional, lambda, +keyword-argument, and comprehension-if expressions and +in ``assert``, ``with``, and ``assignment`` statements. In all other places where they can be used, parentheses are not required, including in ``if`` and ``while`` statements. |