Proposed PEP for a Conditional Expression

[thp at cs.ucr.edu]

Alex Martelli <aleax at aleax.it> wrote:
: <thp at cs.ucr.edu> wrote in message news:9nk4t8$4qq$1 at glue.ucr.edu...
:> Alex Martelli <aleax at aleax.it> wrote:
[...]
:> : Seconded on both scores.  Specifically, adding to Python all the
:> : features that "lots of people" ask for would ensure Python's
:> : transformation into a huge, bloated language. *THIS* is "what's
:> : wrong with just satisfying people", as here rhetorically asked:
:> : trying to make everybody happy will ensure nobody's happy:-).
:>
:> The above non-sequitur applies equally well to every proposal that
:> "lots of people ask for".

: Exactly, except it's not a non-sequitur.  "Just satisfying people"
: (by meeting every popular feature request) is NO way to design a
: language (or, as it happens, any other large software system:-).

And that is not a valid argument against any particular proposed
feature.

Tom Payne