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I'm using walrus a lot, can't find any negative: it's clear what it does, and the code feels cleaner.

• mixmastamyk 3y ago
  Python already had the “as” and assignment statements so didn’t need three ways to do it. Remember the Zen? (99% of the time walrus is used in “if” or “while” with one expression, which as handles fine.) Also, along with typing contributes to the excessive “colon blow” of modern Python.
  • memefrog 3y ago
    There's no 'as' in Python if or while statements, only with. >>> if True as a: File "<stdin>", line 1 if True as a: ^^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax
    • mixmastamyk 3y ago
      Indeed. Coulda been.
  • michaelcampbell 3y ago
    > Remember the Zen? Like Django's "explicit is better than implicit... no, wait, hold my beer" magic.