Re: Assignment-in-conditional

On 2006-08-31, Fredrik Lundh <fredrik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
xamdam wrote:

I am not sure if this came up before, but I would love to have an
'assignment-in-conditional' form in python, e.g

it's a FAQ, so it has probably come up before:

http://pyfaq.infogami.com/why-can-t-i-use-an-assignment-in-an-expression

Python saves me from ever making the assignment-as-conditional
mistake, but I invented the conditional-as-assignment mistake to
compensate.

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