[Python-Dev] PEP 572 and assert (original) (raw)

Steven D'Aprano steve at pearwood.info
Tue Jul 17 19:33:24 EDT 2018


On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 03:41:08AM +1000, Steven D'Aprano wrote:

Besides, there is a legitimate use for assignment expressions in assertions:

assert (spam := something) > 2, 'not enough spam' assert sequence[foo] == 999, 'sequence item isn't 999'

Ah, obviously the index in the second line ought to be spam, not foo.

-- Steve



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