PEP 308: Alternative conditional operator forms

[Erik Max Francis]

Roy Smith wrote:

> Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com> wrote:
>
> > Use parentheses for clarity, sure.  _Require_ them, I don't see.
> 
> Well, they're required for function calls.  Surely you're not
> advocating
> making them optional in that case?

Oh come on, that is totally taken out of context.  A better analogy
would be requiring them for the addition operator.  There are times when
it's clearly useful to use parentheses for clarity.  But that hardly
means they should be _required_.

	x = a + b # illegal, should be (a + b)
	x = (a + b)*c # fine
	x = a + b*c # illegal, should be (a + b*c)
	x = f(a + b) # illegal, should be f((a + b))

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