On Sat, 21 Oct 2023 at 21:57, Ram Rachum <r...@rachum.com> wrote:
>
> It's a little similar to the reasoning behind PEP 618 (adding the `strict`
> argument to `zip`).
Not quite, since without strict, zip will truncate - it doesn't have a
different return value.
> A keyword argument is easier to add, and makes the code less ugly, then an
> `if` clause. When I don't have that `if` clause you mentioned in my code,
> it's not because I forgot, it's because I don't want an extra clause for
> something I don't think is going to happen. Also, a keyword argument enables
> code linters to enforce a rule that the `require` argument must always be
> specified. (Example.)
>
What about an if with the match inside it?
if m := re.match(...):
...
That's one of the motivating examples behind the walrus after all.
ChrisA
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