> if not article["art_wt"]: article["art_wt"] = 0 > if not article["px_pchs"]: article["px_pchs"] = 0 > if not article["px_calc"]: article["px_calc"] = 0 > if not article["px_sell"]: article["px_sell"] = 0
I think what you need is the setdefault method of dictionnaries, instead of a new syntax construct. 2018-05-26 1:52 GMT+02:00 Carl Smith <carl.in...@gmail.com>: > You cannot have `expression if expression` in a language that also > supports > `expression if expression else expression` (like Python). Otherwise, you > have > the dangling else problem: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangling_else > > -- Carl Smith > carl.in...@gmail.com > > On 25 May 2018 at 15:21, Rob Cliffe via Python-ideas < > python-ideas@python.org> wrote: > >> >> >> On 25/05/2018 12:38, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> >>> >>> PEP 8 is not holy writ. Ignore it when your code is better for ignoring >>> it. >>> >>> >>> +1. Not infrequently I judge that my code is easier both to read and to >> maintain with more than 1 (short) statement on a line, >> often when it allows similar items to be aligned vertically. A >> spur-of-the moment, totally invented example: >> if MON <= day <= FRI: Rate = Normal >> if day==SAT: Rate = DoubleTime >> if day==SUN: Rate = TripleTime >> I also feel no inhibitions about using Jacco's original example: >> if cond: do_something >> Rob Cliffe >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Python-ideas mailing list >> Python-ideas@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas >> Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list > Python-ideas@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > > -- Antoine Rozo
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