Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Given the later addition of generator expressions with mandatory
>> parentheses , the mandatory-parentheses version of a conditional expression
>> looks less strange to me than it did then ;-). So I could happily use it
>> even though I may still lean toward the other option 2 version (then-else)
>> due to its not needing ':'s or a third elseif term for chaining.
>
> I think I'd prefer (if <expr> then <expr> else <expre>) i.e. no
> colons.
My problem with this syntax is that it can be hard to read:
return if self.arg is None then default else self.arg
looks worryingly like
return NAME NAME.NAME NAME NAME NAME NAME NAME NAME.NAME
to me.
> None of the other expression forms (list comprehensions and
> generator expressions) involving statement keywords use colons.
This is also true.
>> *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.
Well, this is my input (and now I'm going to try and stay out of it).
Cheers,
mwh
--
59. In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in
our programming languages.
-- Alan Perlis, http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/perlis-alan/quotes.html
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