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Expand Up @@ -1766,6 +1766,12 @@ Or, when processing a file stream in chunks:
while chunk := file.read(9000):
process(chunk)

Assignment expressions must be surrounded by parentheses when used
as sub-expressions in slicing, conditional, lambda,
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Unparenthesized assignment expressions in slices were implemented in #23317, so they are allowed since 3.10. Also, assignment expression need to parenthesized in assert and with statements.

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Unparenthesized walruses are allowed in index expressions but not slices. This is current 3.12:

>>> x[y:=3]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'x' is not defined
>>> x[y:=3:z:=4]
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    x[y:=3:z:=4]
          ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

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Correct! I mixed up indexes/slices. Sorry!

keyword-argument, and comprehension-if expressions.
In all other places where they can be used, parentheses are not required,
including in ``if`` and ``while`` statements.

.. versionadded:: 3.8
See :pep:`572` for more details about assignment expressions.

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Document some places where an assignment expression needs parentheses.