Guido van Rossum wrote: > On 9/29/05, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I would argue for mandatory parentheses around the expression, leaving >>room later (probably after Guido is no longer around to be sick at the >>site of it) for: >> >>def f(condition): >> return something if condition # no else! >> return somethingElse >> >>not-expecting-this-to-fly-ly y'rs - steve > > > Let me give you what you expect. If all the "X if C else Y" syntax > does is prevent that atrocity from ever being introduced, it would be > worth it. :) > Well, fine. However, it does allow atrocities like
func(f for f in lst if f > -1 if f < 0 else +1) I realise that any chosen syntax is subject to abuse, but a conditional expression in a (currently allowed) conditional context will be guaranteed obscure. Your original instinct to omit conditional expressions was right! far-too-late-ly y'rs - steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC www.holdenweb.com PyCon TX 2006 www.python.org/pycon/ _______________________________________________ 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
