PEP-308 a "simplicity-first" alternative

[Gerd Woetzel]

Hi,

I cannot resist. This is the first (and only)  proposal that I would support:

holger krekel <pyth at devel.trillke.net> writes:

>I am still wondering if there is a simple way to fix the current
>ternary op "x and y or z".  Everybody knows by now that
>this "fails" if y is a false value.  Otherwise
>it works ok and is used in today's code everywhere.

>Inspired by "do the simplest thing that can possibly work"
>i now think that

>        x and y else z

(Sorry Tim, we still need "and" and "or" <wink>)

Cheers,
Gerd