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

[Anders J. Munch]

"Donn Cave" <donn at u.washington.edu> wrote:
> Quoth Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com>:
> | Donn Cave wrote:
> |> It sure doesn't bode well for what we're likely to see if one of the
> |> proposals is accepted.  It's like handing out free spray paint on the
> |> street corners, to improve the quality of vandalism.
> |
> | While that's a quaint analogy, I simply don't buy it.  How does giving
> | someone the proper syntax they're looking for -- instead of obscure and
> | incorrect one -- promote bad code?  Any syntax can be abused.
> 
> True - Perl enthusiasts have been making that point for years.  And
> people love Perl, they're obviously getting what they want - it's like
> they voted on features or something.

I agree with your arguments but not your conclusion.  The thing is,
conditional expressions support a functional coding style, which is a
good thing.  Much as I love your very funny and very powerful quality
of vandalism argument, it doesn't apply here.

- Anders