On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 9:37 AM, Gustavo Carneiro <gjcarne...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I see. short-circuiting is nice to have, sure. > > But even without it, it's still useful IMHO. <snip> > It's worth mentioning that SQL's COALESCE is usually (always?) short circuiting: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/functions-conditional.html https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190349.aspx Given the debate about the utility of coalescing and the simplicity of writing the function yourself, I doubt the standard library will accept it. Most people here will tell you that such a utility belongs on PyPI.
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