This seems pretty nonsensical to me. Ternaries are not only used in simple assignments.
E.g. 'myfunc(a, b if pred else c, d)' is common and obvious. 'myfunc(a, b if pred, d)' is strange with no obvious semantics. On Oct 28, 2016 11:29 AM, "Todd" <toddr...@gmail.com> wrote: > The null-coalescing discussion made me think about the current ternary "x > = a if b else c" expression. In normal "if / else" clauses, the "else" is > optional. I propose doing the same thing with ternary expressions > (although I don't know what the result would be called, a "binary > expression"?) > > The idea would be to allow this syntax: > > x = a if b > > Which would be equivalent to: > > x = a if b else x > > I think this would be useful syntax. In particular, I see it being useful > for default value checking, but can also be used to override the result of > particular corner cases from functions or methods.. > > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list > Python-ideas@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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