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

[Andrew Koenig]

Jamie> Ah, of course, an expression returns a value (duh).  I see the
Jamie> motivation better now.  Still, I can imagine that it would get
Jamie> (ab)used in contexts where the result was ignored, just as an
Jamie> alternative conditional syntax.

I guess it's not much different from abusing lambda expressions
in contexts where ordinary functions would be better.

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