`if key in dict` vs. `try/except` - which is more readable idiom?

Question

I have a question about idioms and readability, and there seems to be a clash of Python philosophies for this particular case:

I want to build dictionary A from dict

Answer 1

Starting Python 3.8, and the introduction of assignment expressions (PEP 572) (:= operator), we can capture the condition value dictB.get('hello', None) in a variable value in order to both check if it's not None (as dict.get('hello', None) returns either the associated value or None) and then use it within the body of the condition:

# dictB = {'hello': 5, 'world': 42}
# dictA = {}
if value := dictB.get('hello', None):
  dictA["hello"] = value
# dictA is now {'hello': 5}