For review: PEP 308 - If-then-else expression

[Aahz]

In article <R3B1a.158635$0v.4436343 at news1.tin.it>,
Alex Martelli  <aleax at aleax.it> wrote:
>
>So maybe the syntax should be:
>
>    [whentrue if condition else whenfalse]
>
>i.e., just like in the PEP *BUT* with brackets around it.  Minus: the
>brackets suggest "list" and there's no list here.  Pluses: remove the
>"can almost appear anywhere", add the "tell the reader", exploit the
>"trailing if" habit from LC's -- the lack of any 'for' clause should be
>sufficient to distinguish this from LC's, I think.

How about

    <if cond then whentrue else whenfalse>
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