PEP-308 a "simplicity-first" alternative

[Christian Tismer]

Bengt Richter wrote:
...

> I think I have an answer:
> 
>     result = cond and {true_value} or false_value
> 
> where {x} means x is treated as True in logical expression context, but its
> value is preserved for the expression value. An optional variant is
> 
>     result = cond and {true_value} or {false_value}

Interesting alternative minimalistic change.
Too bad that our beloved BDFL is committed
to "if" constructs, only, instead of small curing
patches to old design err^H^h^Hdecisions.

ciao - chris

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