[Python-Dev] Adding C ternary select (a?b:c) to Python?

gvwilson@nevex.com gvwilson@nevex.com
Tue, 1 Feb 2000 08:07:26 -0500 (EST)


Maybe this would be a good time to write a dozen or so examples using
alternative syntaxes (syntaxii?), and stick 'em in front of a bunch of
people who haven't been part of this discussion, and ask 'em "what does
this do"?

(Footnote: check out David Scanlan's article in the Sept. 1989 issue of
"IEEE Software".  Turns out that flowcharts are actually more readable
than pseudocode --- the research that claimed to show otherwise was
biased by (among other things) comparing structured pseudocode with
spaghetti flowcharts...  One li'l bit of sloppy science, and the world
turns its back on something useful...)

Ellipsistically yours,
Greg