IMO," the correct semantics for the Walrus := Operator should have been reserved for "definition" but never for assignment.<br><br>Did the idea of making traditional = assignment "value returning" create some breaking incompatibility?<br><br>The title of Benevolent Dictator For Life (BDFL) was a sick joke to begin with; and contained within it the seed of its own destruction.<br><br>If a stalemate on this decision had been reached - then waiting for some extended period of time with no decision would have been much better than to force a bad decision.<br><br>To me the decision was definitely a bad one.<br><br>I am not at all a fan of this (PEP 572) idea. <br><br>The requirement to introduce extraneous parentheses seems particularly egregious."