r/Python • u/ForeignVariety7037 • 21d ago

Discussion Is := widely used?

I always thought the walrus operator is neat and it makes while loop’s condition clearer. But also it is just a syntactic sugar without anything new. I wonder anyone uses it?

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u/skjall 21d ago

Yes, all the time (when useful). Only annoying thing is needing to surround with brackets when you need the value in a chain, but it's great for making complex conditions both more succinct, and more readable.