On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 3:08 AM, Tim Chase
<python.l...@tim.thechases.com> wrote:
> So when I stumbled upon this horrific atrocity of language abuse and
> scope leakage, I thought I'd share it.
>
> if [m for m in [regex.match(some_string)] if m]:
> do_something(m)
>
> And presto, assignment in an if-statement.
And presto, it doesn't work in Python 3:
>>> if [m for m in [5] if m]:
print(m)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#2>", line 2, in <module>
print(m)
NameError: name 'm' is not defined
So definitely don't do it. :)
ChrisA
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