On 23 set, 20:52, Neal Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In hindsight, I am disappointed with the choice of conditional syntax. I > know it's too late to change. The problem is > > y = some thing or other if x else something_else > > When scanning this my eye tends to see the first phrase and only later notice > that it's conditioned on x (or maybe not notice at all!). Particularly if > 'some thing or other' is long or complicated.
Yes, infix syntax sucks. No ambiguities in prefixed Lisp: (if x (or something other) something_else) Anyway, pretty amusing seeing Guido nodding to Larry... ;) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
