"then" "else" for deprecating "and" "or" side effects

[Chermside, Michael]

> i would guess the general consensus on this is something like
> "lazy evaluation may be powerful in some cases, but we can get the
> same functionality in other ways and we don't want to scare the
> bejeezus out of newbies".  to which i'd reluctantly agree.

Actually I'm more under the impression that the consensus is
closer to "Lazy evaluation. Hmm... Neat, but it's much bigger
change, and should be considered separately." Check out the
discussion under "PEP 309" threads for one approach.

-- Michael Chermside