Flower field approaches

[colinleach]

Something for you to play with.

I got quite tangled in the wording, which is more inconsistent than I realized when we merged the exercise. The exercise name is "Flower Field", the code generally refers to "garden", and the documentation often uses "board". I think we're pretty much stuck with it (cf earlier comments on re-opening problem-specifications), but it's something to be aware of when reviewing.

I needed a reference for Walrus Operator (nobody mention PR #3585!), so went with the PEP. There may be better options?

[colinleach]

I looked for Walrus operator documentation, but there's not much that's official. Maybe https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.8.html#assignment-expressions would be better for our needs? It links through to PEP 572 for anyone interested enough.

[BethanyG]

Sorry - didn't see this fly past earlier. It's been a day.

I too, have been frustrated by the utter lack of thorough documentation (either from the PSF or others) around the Walrus operator. I think either of your suggestions are good. Either the PEP or the "What's new". Those are the two I see getting almost endlessly recycled in the blog posts and tutorials I've dug up. Quite unsatisfactory - but there you have it.

[BethanyG]

Thank you so much for redoing this. I am so so sorry its been sitting for this long. Trying hard now to get it over the line. 😄