consider-using-assignment-expr / R6103

Message emitted:

Use '%s' instead

Description:

Emitted when an if assignment is directly followed by an if statement and both can be combined by using an assignment expression ``:=``. Requires Python 3.8 and ``py-version >= 3.8``.

Problematic code:

apples = 2

if apples:  # [consider-using-assignment-expr]
    print("God apples!")

Correct code:

if apples := 2:
    print("God apples!")

Configuration file:

[MAIN]
py-version=3.8
load-plugins=pylint.extensions.code_style

Note

This message is emitted by the optional 'code_style' checker, which requires the pylint.extensions.code_style plugin to be loaded.

Created by the code_style checker.