> Was that really the intention? Because I was there when PEP 572 was
> written, and I don't recall "beautiful one-liners" as one of the
> justifying reasons. Use around if/while conditions was a strong
> reason, and yes, that can save a line, but "beautiful one-liners"
> hasn't generally been a justifying factor in any Python feature.

Never said about the intention, just stated that I see it as being a part of 
their construction.

However, in the PEP you have referred and also as I remember reading python’s 
“what’s new”, list comprehensions and other 1-liners were close to half of all 
examples.

> On 18 Jul 2023, at 00:04, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 18 Jul 2023 at 06:40, Dom Grigonis <dom.grigo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> We even got a new operator “:=“ to help us with those beautiful one-liners 
>> (or not) to move towards aesthetics and brevity.
>> 
> 
> Was that really the intention? Because I was there when PEP 572 was
> written, and I don't recall "beautiful one-liners" as one of the
> justifying reasons. Use around if/while conditions was a strong
> reason, and yes, that can save a line, but "beautiful one-liners"
> hasn't generally been a justifying factor in any Python feature.
> 
> ChrisA
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