On 2011-04-12, James Mills <prolo...@shortcircuit.net.au> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
> wrote:
>> You stated that
>>
>> ??return? <expr>
>>
>> was equivalent to
>>
>> ??return <expr> or None
>
> This is _not_ what I said.
>
> Quoting from my earlier post:
>
> """
>> return? expr
>
> This syntax does not fit well within python ideology.
>
>> be expanded to
>>
>> _temp = expr
>> if _temp: return _temp
>
> This could be simplified to just:
>
> return expr or None
> """
You just said it again: that the OP's "return? expr" is the same as
"return exrp or None". It isn't. The OP's construct didn't return
if expr wasn't true. Your construt does.
> Please read carefully before putting words in my mouth.
I wasn't putting words in your mouth. You said the same thing again
in the post to whic I'm replying.
> I stated very clear y that return? expr didn't seem fitting
> in the python ideology as syntax for this behavior.
I don't care about syntax. What you proposed doesn't have the same
_semantics_ as what the OP proposed.
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