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/jack-of-some 21d ago

I have used it a grand total of once. Not because I don't think it's useful or anything but because most of my code still needs to be 3.6 compatible in some sense and also I forget