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7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions Doc/reference/expressions.rst
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while chunk := file.read(9000):
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Assignment expressions must be surrounded by parentheses when used
as sub-expressions in slicing, conditional, lambda,
keyword-argument, and comprehension-if expressions
and in ``assert`` and ``with`` statements.
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.