From 68cf094524e0677ce4db5eed1f21a6f99c6c90e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emily Morehouse <emily@cuttlesoft.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:28:54 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add assignment expression (:=) to `help`

---
 Lib/pydoc.py             |  2 ++
 Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py
index d376592d69d40d..eec7b0770f56ca 100644
--- a/Lib/pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc.py
@@ -1870,6 +1870,7 @@ class Helper:
         ':': 'SLICINGS DICTIONARYLITERALS',
         '@': 'def class',
         '\\': 'STRINGS',
+        ':=': 'ASSIGNMENTEXPRESSIONS',
         '_': 'PRIVATENAMES',
         '__': 'PRIVATENAMES SPECIALMETHODS',
         '`': 'BACKQUOTES',
@@ -1963,6 +1964,7 @@ class Helper:
         'ASSERTION': 'assert',
         'ASSIGNMENT': ('assignment', 'AUGMENTEDASSIGNMENT'),
         'AUGMENTEDASSIGNMENT': ('augassign', 'NUMBERMETHODS'),
+        'ASSIGNMENTEXPRESSIONS': ('assignment-expressions', ''),
         'DELETION': 'del',
         'RETURNING': 'return',
         'IMPORTING': 'import',
diff --git a/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py b/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
index 4643df80e44aaf..97bb4eb52f4386 100644
--- a/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
@@ -416,6 +416,34 @@
                'some expressions (like un-parenthesized tuple expressions) '
                'caused a\n'
                'syntax error.\n',
+ 'assignment-expressions': 'Assignment expressions\n'
+          '**********************\n'
+          '\n'
+          'An assignment expression (sometimes also called a “named expression”'
+          '\nor “walrus”) assigns an expression to an identifier, while also\n'
+          'returning the value of the expression.\n'
+          '\n'
+          'One common use case is when handling matched regular expressions:\n'
+          '\n'
+          '   if matching := pattern.search(data):\n'
+          '      do_something(matching)\n'
+          '\n'
+          'Or, when processing a file stream in chunks:\n'
+          '\n'
+          '   while chunk := file.read(9000):\n'
+          '      process(chunk)\n'
+          '\n'
+          'Assignment expressions must be surrounded by parentheses when used as\n'
+          'expression statements and when used as sub-expressions in slicing,\n'
+          'conditional, lambda, keyword-argument, and comprehension-if\n'
+          'expressions and in assert, with, and assignment statements. In all\n'
+          'other places where they can be used, parentheses are not required,\n'
+          'including in if and while statements.\n'
+          '\n'
+          'Added in version 3.8.\n'
+          'See also:\n'
+          '\n'
+          '  **PEP 572** - Assignment Expressions\n',
  'async': 'Coroutines\n'
           '**********\n'
           '\n'