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

[Erik Max Francis]

Andrew Dalke wrote:

> Though in most cases I can find in C, the short-circuiting doesn't
> change anything except improve performance slightly.  Very few
> cases use the
> 
>     a ? f() : g()
> 
> idiom.  So while what you say is true, it isn't a very strong
> requirement
> for most real-life cases.

The point is, if you _are_ going to admit a true conditional expression
syntax into the language, it damn sure better do short circuiting. 
There's absolutely no reason not to, even if in practice it is used
rarely.

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