Eric V. Smith <e...@trueblade.com> added the comment:

I believe this is by design, as is the same restriction on statement-level 
assignment expressions. And if requiring parens discourages the use of 
assignment expressions in asserts, I think that's a good thing.

Why not just use the workaround you've already identified?

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