[Python-Dev] ',' precedence in documentation

[Leif Walsh]

On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 11:36 PM, Eric Smith <eric at trueblade.com> wrote:
> If we really want to change it, I think:
>  assert B as S
> is better because S is the string to report; that is, "if B is false, report
> the problem as the string S".
>
> 'else' implies to me what to do if you're not failing the assert, which is
> not the case.

Doesn't imply that to me.  I read it as 'first you assert that B is
true; if not (else), you print S'.

Personally, I like 'else' better than 'as', because 'as' seems to
contain the notion of assignment.

-- 
Cheers,
Leif