That is a good point. Nevermind then.
On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 12:20 PM, David Mertz <me...@gnosis.cx> wrote: > 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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