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bpo-38558: Mention `:=` in conditions tutorial.
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Incorporate suggestion to name the operator
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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions Doc/tutorial/datastructures.rst
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Expand Up @@ -675,10 +675,10 @@ to a variable. For example, ::
>>> non_null
'Trondheim'

Note that in Python, unlike C, assignment cannot occur inside expressions. C
programmers may grumble about this, but it avoids a common class of problems
encountered in C programs: typing ``=`` in an expression when ``==`` was
intended.
Note that in Python, unlike C, assignment inside expressions must be done
explicitly with the walrus operator ``:=``. This avoids a common class of
problems encountered in C programs: typing ``=`` in an expression when ``==``
was intended.


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