[Info] PEP 308 accepted - new conditional expressions

[William Park]

Paul Rubin <http://phr.cx@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> Reinhold Birkenfeld <reinhold-birkenfeld-nospam at wolke7.net> writes:
> > For a conditional, syntax must be found, and the tradition of Python
> > design is not to use punctuation for something that can be solved
> > with keywords.
> 
> Yeah, "if C then A else B" is a ancient tradition stretching from
> Algol-60 to OCAML, and who knows what all else in between.  I'm not
> sure what Guido saw in the "A if C else B" syntax but it's not a big
> deal.

Perhaps, he's preparing Python for the eventual absorption into Perl7.

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