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

[Erik Max Francis]

Donn Cave wrote:

> It sure doesn't bode well for what we're likely to see if one of the
> proposals is accepted.  It's like handing out free spray paint on the
> street corners, to improve the quality of vandalism.

While that's a quaint analogy, I simply don't buy it.  How does giving
someone the proper syntax they're looking for -- instead of obscure and
incorrect one -- promote bad code?  Any syntax can be abused.

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