PEP-308 a "simplicity-first" alternative

[Donnal Walter]

holger krekel wrote:
> I am still wondering if there is a simple way to fix the current 
> ternary op "x and y or z".  Everybody knows by now that 
> this "fails" if y is a false value.  Otherwise
> it works ok and is used in today's code everywhere. 
> 
> Inspired by "do the simplest thing that can possibly work"
> i now think that 
> 
>         x and y else z
> 
> might just do it and avoid the need for a new construct.  
> It's a very minor change just for fixing the problem at hand.  
> It should be obvious what it does.  

+ 1

Donnal Walter
Arkansas Children's Hospital