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cranium on July 16, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: I'm switching to Python and actually liking it

The Walrus operator! Introduced in Python 3.8 according to the PEP 572.

Really nice to combine 1) checking if something exists and 2) act on it

indymike on July 16, 2025 | [–]

You forgot to end with "goo goo g'joob" or the less correct Simon and Garfunkel version "coo coo ca choo".

Iwan-Zotow on July 16, 2025 | [–]

And for lambdas

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