Proposed PEP for a Conditional Expression

[Michael Chermside]

In <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2001-September/064989.html>

Don O'Donnel wrote:
...
 > ...to me, this addition to the language is not a high priority, and I
 > would rather see scarce developer resources used in other areas.
 >
 > But, just in case this PEP is approved, and the conditional expression
 > makes it's way into the language, I would like to contribute my humble
 > opinion to the syntax arguments.

    [ several excellent points snipped ]

 > Just my 2 cents, for what it's worth.

Thank you, Don... that was worth far more than 2 cents... it comes to 
slightly different conclusions thatn _I_ was beginning to reach, but was 
one of the most insightful and useful posts yet.

-- Michael Chermside