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[Antoon Pardon]

Op 2004-07-09, Steven Rumbalski schreef <srumbalski at copper.net>:
> Antoon Pardon wrote:
>
>> Op 2004-07-07, Peter Hansen schreef <peter at engcorp.com>:
>>> ellisjb at my-deja.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> Reading the voting results I don't see why this was rejected.  The way
>>>> I read it those in favor of some form of ternary operator seem to have
>>>> well over 50% of the vote.
>>>
>>> Answered at the top of the PEP, in the introduction:
> [snip]
>>> Clear enough?
>> 
>> Not really.  The question I have is whether the majority would
>> prefer an if-then-else expression in an other format than
>> there preference over not having an if-then-else expression.
>> 
> As I recall from discussions at the time there were a number of people who
> supported only specific forms of a ternary operator while being vehemently
> opposed to other forms (often because of a perceived lack of readability of
> competing options).  Therefore those in favor of a ternary operator, while
> appearing to constitute a majority, are more acurately described as
> fragmented minorities.  Hence, the (unfortunate) status quo.

I see, thanks for the information.

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Antoon Pardon