lib2to3: Support named assignment expressions (GH-12702)

There are two copies of the grammar -- the one used by Python itself as
Grammar/Grammar, and the one used by lib2to3 which has necessarily diverged at
Lib/lib2to3/Grammar.txt because it needs to support older syntax an we want it
to be reasonable stable to avoid requiring fixer rewrites.

This brings suport for syntax like `if x:= foo():` to match what the live
Python grammar does.

This should've been added at the time of the walrus operator itself, but lib2to3 being
independent is often overlooked.  So we do consider this a bugfix rather than enhancement.

Author: thatch

Lib/lib2to3/Grammar.txt

@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ assert_stmt: 'assert' test [',' test]
 
 compound_stmt: if_stmt | while_stmt | for_stmt | try_stmt | with_stmt | funcdef | classdef | decorated | async_stmt
 async_stmt: ASYNC (funcdef | with_stmt | for_stmt)
-if_stmt: 'if' test ':' suite ('elif' test ':' suite)* ['else' ':' suite]
-while_stmt: 'while' test ':' suite ['else' ':' suite]
+if_stmt: 'if' namedexpr_test ':' suite ('elif' namedexpr_test ':' suite)* ['else' ':' suite]
+while_stmt: 'while' namedexpr_test ':' suite ['else' ':' suite]
 for_stmt: 'for' exprlist 'in' testlist ':' suite ['else' ':' suite]
 try_stmt: ('try' ':' suite
            ((except_clause ':' suite)+
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ testlist_safe: old_test [(',' old_test)+ [',']]
 old_test: or_test | old_lambdef
 old_lambdef: 'lambda' [varargslist] ':' old_test
 
+namedexpr_test: test [':=' test]
 test: or_test ['if' or_test 'else' test] | lambdef
 or_test: and_test ('or' and_test)*
 and_test: not_test ('and' not_test)*
@@ -111,8 +112,8 @@ atom: ('(' [yield_expr|testlist_gexp] ')' |
        '{' [dictsetmaker] '}' |
        '`' testlist1 '`' |
        NAME | NUMBER | STRING+ | '.' '.' '.')
-listmaker: (test|star_expr) ( comp_for | (',' (test|star_expr))* [','] )
-testlist_gexp: (test|star_expr) ( comp_for | (',' (test|star_expr))* [','] )
+listmaker: (namedexpr_test|star_expr) ( comp_for | (',' (namedexpr_test|star_expr))* [','] )
+testlist_gexp: (namedexpr_test|star_expr) ( comp_for | (',' (namedexpr_test|star_expr))* [','] )
 lambdef: 'lambda' [varargslist] ':' test
 trailer: '(' [arglist] ')' | '[' subscriptlist ']' | '.' NAME
 subscriptlist: subscript (',' subscript)* [',']
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ arglist: argument (',' argument)* [',']
 # multiple (test comp_for) arguments are blocked; keyword unpackings
 # that precede iterable unpackings are blocked; etc.
 argument: ( test [comp_for] |
+            test ':=' test |
             test '=' test |
             '**' test |
 	        '*' test )

Lib/lib2to3/pgen2/grammar.py

@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ def report(self):
 // DOUBLESLASH
 //= DOUBLESLASHEQUAL
 -> RARROW
+:= COLONEQUAL
 """
 
 opmap = {}

Lib/lib2to3/pgen2/token.py

@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@
 AWAIT = 56
 ASYNC = 57
 ERRORTOKEN = 58
-N_TOKENS = 59
+COLONEQUAL = 59
+N_TOKENS = 60
 NT_OFFSET = 256
 #--end constants--
 

Lib/lib2to3/pgen2/tokenize.py

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def _combinations(*l):
                  r"~")
 
 Bracket = '[][(){}]'
-Special = group(r'\r?\n', r'[:;.,`@]')
+Special = group(r'\r?\n', r':=', r'[:;.,`@]')
 Funny = group(Operator, Bracket, Special)
 
 PlainToken = group(Number, Funny, String, Name)

Lib/lib2to3/tests/test_parser.py

@@ -629,6 +629,21 @@ def test_multiline_str_literals(self):
         self.validate(s)
 
 
+class TestNamedAssignments(GrammarTest):
+
+    def test_named_assignment_if(self):
+        driver.parse_string("if f := x(): pass\n")
+
+    def test_named_assignment_while(self):
+        driver.parse_string("while f := x(): pass\n")
+
+    def test_named_assignment_generator(self):
+        driver.parse_string("any((lastNum := num) == 1 for num in [1, 2, 3])\n")
+
+    def test_named_assignment_listcomp(self):
+        driver.parse_string("[(lastNum := num) == 1 for num in [1, 2, 3]]\n")
+
+
 class TestPickleableException(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_ParseError(self):
         err = ParseError('msg', 2, None, (1, 'context'))

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-06-18-19-38-27.bpo-36541.XI8mi1.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+lib2to3 now recognizes named assignment expressions (the walrus operator,
+``:=``)