PEP308 - preference for 'x if c else y' over 'c then x else y'

[Erik Max Francis]

Stephen Horne wrote:

> You seem to be preoccupied with the order of evaluation - the fact
> that the condition must be evaluated first, whereas only one of the
> values to select from is evaluated at all.

I'm not "preoccupied" with it, I just think it impairs understanding. 
If you've also been reading these threads, you'd see that this was a
wide-reaching objection, penetrating both pro- and anti-PEP camps.  Lots
of people objected to it, not just me.

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