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Unparenthesized walrus is not allowed in genexps #86540

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@lysnikolaou
BPO 42374
Nosy @gvanrossum, @terryjreedy, @lysnikolaou, @pablogsal, @miss-islington
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  • bpo-42374: Allow unparenthesized walrus in genexps #23319
  • [3.9] bpo-42374: Allow unparenthesized walrus in genexps (GH-23319) #23329
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    assignee = None
    closed_at = <Date 2020-11-16.23:39:39.790>
    created_at = <Date 2020-11-16.17:43:28.572>
    labels = ['interpreter-core', 'type-bug', '3.9', '3.10']
    title = 'Unparenthesized walrus is not allowed in genexps'
    updated_at = <Date 2020-11-16.23:39:39.789>
    user = 'https://github.com/lysnikolaou'

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    activity = <Date 2020-11-16.23:39:39.789>
    actor = 'lys.nikolaou'
    assignee = 'none'
    closed = True
    closed_date = <Date 2020-11-16.23:39:39.790>
    closer = 'lys.nikolaou'
    components = ['Interpreter Core']
    creation = <Date 2020-11-16.17:43:28.572>
    creator = 'lys.nikolaou'
    dependencies = []
    files = []
    hgrepos = []
    issue_num = 42374
    keywords = ['patch', '3.9regression']
    message_count = 3.0
    messages = ['381133', '381178', '381185']
    nosy_count = 5.0
    nosy_names = ['gvanrossum', 'terry.reedy', 'lys.nikolaou', 'pablogsal', 'miss-islington']
    pr_nums = ['23319', '23329']
    priority = 'normal'
    resolution = 'fixed'
    stage = 'resolved'
    status = 'closed'
    superseder = None
    type = 'behavior'
    url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue42374'
    versions = ['Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10']

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    1. lysnikolaou commented on Nov 16, 2020

      @lysnikolaou
      MemberAuthor

      While a walrus is valid withing generator expressions in 3.8, it's not in 3.9 and onward.

      ➜  cpython git:(master) ✗ python3.8           
      Python 3.8.6 (default, Oct  3 2020, 16:26:47) 
      [GCC 9.3.0] on linux
      Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
      >>> i = 2
      >>> a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
      >>> (b := i + j for j in a)
      <generator object <genexpr> at 0x7f231e78c740>
      
      
      ➜  cpython git:(master) python3.10              
      Python 3.10.0a1+ (heads/master:b580ed1, Oct 19 2020, 15:52:12) 
      [GCC 9.3.0] on linux
      Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
      >>> i = 2
      >>> a = [1, 2, 3, 4]
      >>> (b := i + j for j in a)
        File "<stdin>", line 1
          (b := i + j for j in a)
                      ^
      SyntaxError: invalid syntax

      This is a regression introduced by the new parser.

    2. miss-islington commented on Nov 16, 2020

      @miss-islington
      Contributor

      New changeset cb3e5ed by Lysandros Nikolaou in branch 'master':
      bpo-42374: Allow unparenthesized walrus in genexps (GH-23319)
      cb3e5ed

    3. lysnikolaou commented on Nov 16, 2020

      @lysnikolaou
      MemberAuthor

      New changeset 2b800ef by Lysandros Nikolaou in branch '3.9':
      bpo-42374: Allow unparenthesized walrus in genexps (GH-23319) (GH-23329)
      2b800ef

    4. transferred this issue fromon Apr 10, 2022
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