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

[Erik Max Francis]

Roy Smith wrote:

> Or worse, you make the wrong generalization.  If I can write "x = y if
> y
> > x else x" then way can't I do the same thing with other statement
> keywords?  Perhaps I can write "myModule = import foo" as well?
> No?  Why not?  Why does "if" have a dual role, but not the other
> keywords?

I don't know, this argument just doesn't really strike a chord with me
anywhere.  You could make the same argument about the + operator: 
Sometimes it means one thing, sometimes it means another.

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