Today I learned that in Python 3.8 they added the walrus operator.

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This docile creature lets you do this:

if m := re.search('(\d+) inch tusks',line):
    print(f'length: {m.group(1)}')

This was badly needed.

I think I need to read all the Python 3.x "whatsnew …

Updates:

• 2023-05-01: Moved code to GitLab. Corrections to reflect how new version works.
• 2022-09-09: Updated script to add Bcc option.

We've got servers with up to 512GB of RAM. And we've got users who periodically use it all up. Then their process gets killed by the kernel and the user …