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

Erik Max Francis max at alcyone.com
Sun Feb 9 15:25:12 EST 2003


Paul Moore wrote:

> Yes, yes. We all know about this. If y might evaluate as false, I
> wouldn't use this. I'm not incompetent, you know.

The point is that people who may not be as competent as you will want
the functionality, use the flawed substitutes, and introduce bugs.

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