If you want to make your software package run with the python -O optimization, you might want to ensure that the code does not contain a walrus assignment in assert statements:

y = 0
assert (x := y) is not None
x = x + 1

This code example runs fine normally, but if run with python -O the assertion gets removed and the program raises a UnboundLocalError because x is no longer bound.

As a developer, I might want to configure my linter in such a way that walrus assignments are not allowed in assertion statements. This way, I can enforce that the code will be compatible running with python -O.