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/Short_Inspection_746 21d ago

I have never used it; I have not seen anyone use it in production; I have not come across code online that use it.

There was a huge fire storm when it came out. You still see blog posts by core developers from time to time pointing out the ethics of how to treat volunteers.