My newbie annoyances so far

[Bjoern Schliessmann]

Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:

> You didn't take account of what b, c, and d were...
> 
> RPL:          <condition> if <truth> else <false> end
> Python:               <truth> if <condition> else <false>
> 
> (RPL is a somewhat common reference to the stack based language of
> the later calculators -- HP48, for instance)

I still don't see the "more sense". Python's variant seems logical
to me -- "<fetch out garbage> if <garbage can full> else <don't>".

The HP equivalent will be, if I understand correctly:

"<garbage can full> if <fetch out garbage> [else <don't>]"

I see two problems here:

- Also from my error in the last posting it's quite clear that the
RPL statement doesn't do what one would suppose. Isn't this what
Python always tries to avoid: Doing something different from what
is "obvious". RP order doesn't fit in Python, IMHO.

- What should the expression's value be if the else is omitted?
None? What's it in the original? I can't imagine a use case here
since I always have two alternatives when I use "a if b else c".

Regards,


Björn

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