PEP 308: "then" "else" for deprecating "and" "or" side effects
Bengt Richter
bokr at oz.net
Fri Feb 14 19:38:01 EST 2003
On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 04:17:17 +0100, Christian Tismer <tismer at tismer.com> wrote:
>Dear community,
>
>there has been some favor of my silly/simple a then b else c proposal.
>
I kind of like it, but the "then" word is not ideal, IMO. To express
conditional evaluation (i.e., the short-circuit aspect), perhaps a
little change?
a condevals b else c
or maybe
a chooses b else c
or
a picks b else c
[... skipping other stuff for the moment ...]
Regards,
Bengt Richter
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