PEP308: Yet another syntax proposal
sismex01 at hebmex.com
sismex01 at hebmex.com
Mon Feb 10 11:46:54 EST 2003
> From: aahz at pythoncraft.com [mailto:aahz at pythoncraft.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 10:44 AM
>
> In article <YUP1a.3080$SB2.242 at nwrddc03.gnilink.net>,
> Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com> wrote:
> >
> >I suggest:
> >
> > cond ?? val1 || val2
>
> +0.5
>
> I still have yet to see a clear explanation of why short-circuit is
> necessary and therefore iif() unreasonable.
> --
> Aahz (aahz at pythoncraft.com) <*>
> http://www.pythoncraft.com/
Given that objects may now have property attributes,
where just checking the value of an attribute may ("may")
dispatch several actions to return said value, short-
circuiting expression evaluations is the correct way
to implement this.
-gustavo
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