PEP-308 a "simplicity-first" alternative

Paul Rubin http
Tue Feb 11 22:54:15 EST 2003


Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com> writes:
> I tend to eschew combinations of punctuation and a keyword, but this has
> already been suggested in the form C -> x else y.  -> seems superior to
> me than =>, simply because => could more easily be confused with >= at
> first glance.

=> is the traditional mathematical symbol for boolean implication.
-> looks more to me like some kind of pointer operation.  But either
one is ok with me for this.




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