PEP-308 a "simplicity-first" alternative

Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Fri Feb 14 19:28:03 EST 2003


"Erik Max Francis" <max at alcyone.com> wrote in message
news:3E4AFABA.C0632806 at alcyone.com...
> Terry Reedy wrote:
>
> > Given that 'and' and 'or' are best described as conditional
selection
> > operators (explaining this is another post not yet written), it is
> > straightforward that together they form a conditional selection
> > expression.
>
> For what meaning of the word _straightforward_?

Short answer: for the same meaning if I were talking about + and *
instead.

(Delayed) long answer: see (PEP-308) Python's Conditional Selection
Operators, which I just posted.

Terry J. Reedy






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