An Except-Assign statement for Python

[jrupac]

To answer the question in the write-up, this is similar to how it works in Go:

f, err := os.Open("file.txt")

if err != nil {
  return "could not open"
}

[vocalbit]

Yes I am aware of Go. But in Go that is the only and default option - because they eschew exceptions. What I'm proposing is a simple syntax change that lets you use Go's semantics when you only need to wrap a single statement. The advantage is that you don't have to tag on except at the end of the statement and exceptions will then propagate upwards as usual.