[Python-Dev] vox populii illiterati

[Eric S. Raymond]

Ka-Ping Yee <ping@zesty.ca>:
> I'm -1 on any syntax that's out of order.  I think that would be
> terribly confusing, and i don't think there's any example of a
> successful out-of-order ?: syntax in another language, is there?
> 
> It's not just that it's out of order -- it's that something gets
> short-circuited out of order.  The whole idea of the very *first*
> thing you see getting short-circuited is unacceptably weird and
> unexpected for me.

I'm with Ping on this.  Yes, I know about comprehensions. I didn't
like syntax either.

Maybe it's a time to consider (guard ? true-arm ! false-arm).
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		<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>