PEP 308: Alternative conditional operator forms

[Erik Max Francis]

David Gausebeck wrote:

> The reason the : makes sense for me is that the syntax here is
> essentially the same as for 'if', except that this is an expression.
> To make it even more analogous, it could be
> 
> ifelse C: x else: y
	...
> Why add a new keyword ('otherwise') when an existing one fits
> perfectly and causes no conflicts?  'else' in this context seems like
> a no-brainer.

I'm going to turn that one right around on you.  Why add the new keyword
`ifelse'?  Why not use `if'?

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