Setting mutliple variables and filters in operators

Hi all,

Playing around with the new liquid markup and loving it. Have two questions though that I couldn't find answers to in the docs.

1) Is it possible to set multiple variables in one line, or some better way than what I'm currently doing? At present I'm adding a new line per variable, so

{% assign var1 = 1 %}

{% assign var2 = 2 %}

Just thought there might be an easier way, like perhaps

{%

     assign var1 = 1,

     assign var2 = 2

%}

2) Is it possible to use filters in operators? If so I may be doing it wrong;

{% if numericVar1 | modulo: numericVar2 == 0 %} **do whatever **{% endif %}

I thought perhaps it might be related to the bug linked below, but I've had no issues in general using variables alone with filters, only when in operators.

Bug: Liquid math filters don't work with module data

Edited because I hit post too soon.