PEP308: Yet another syntax proposal

[James J. Besemer]

sismex01 at hebmex.com wrote:

> My question is "why leave it half-done?"
> 
> Why create a simple builtin function which doesn't do
> short circuiting and then resort to half-baked hacks
> when you do need it, when here's the chance to do it
> fully and have a sanctioned short-circuiting ternary
> operator, usable in all the cases the builtin would
> work, and then some.

Exactly.

Specious arguments that short-circuiting is not needed or seldom needed are 
thinly disguised restatements that cond-if is not needed.

Regards

--jb



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