At 12:17 PM 9/20/2005 -0700, Guido van Rossum wrote: >I think I'd prefer (if <expr> then <expr> else <expre>) i.e. no >colons. None of the other expression forms (list comprehensions and >generator expressions) involving statement keywords use colons.
+1, despite the fact that we seem on a slippery slope towards becoming a kind of infix Lisp. ;) Between (yield x), (x for x in y), and now (if x then y else z), it seems that parentheses are all the rage now. Will we get (try <expr> finally <expr>) next? <0.5 wink> > > *If* you want general community input, I would suggest a runoff ballot with > > those four choices (and a summary of pros and cons of each), or fewer if > > you see any as unacceptible. > >If there's one thing I've learned from the PEP 308 vote, it is that >votes for language don't work. I prefer some discussion on Python-dev >after which I pick one. Also +1. :) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
