Re: [Python-Dev] (try-except) conditional expression similar to (if-else) conditional (PEP 308)

Should be legal, right?, since syntax would be except if Dino Viehland wrote: On option 1 is this legal then? x = float(string) except float('nan') if some_check() else float('inf') if ValueError Thinking more about the syntax options: if P.J.'s "if" Option is used, it should also be

Re: [Python-Dev] (try-except) conditional expression similar to (if-else) conditional (PEP 308)

Nick Coghlan wrote: Option 1: Change the relative order of the clauses by putting the exception definition last: x = float(string) except float('nan') if ValueError op(float(string) except float('nan') if ValueError) I actually like this one (that's why I listed it first). It gets the clau

Re: [Python-Dev] (try-except) conditional expression similar to (if-else) conditional (PEP 308)

Raymond Hettinger wrote: If accepted, this would also solve the feature requests for various functions to have default arguments. For example: x = min(seq) except ValueError else 0 # default to zero for empty sequences It would also be helpful in calculations that have algebraic restr

[Python-Dev] (try-except) conditional expression similar to (if-else) conditional (PEP 308)

fficiently get this same behaviour. If so, I'd appreciate being educated. Thanks, Jeff McAninch -- == Jeffrey E. McAninch, PhD Physicist, X-2-IFD Los Alamos National Laboratory Phone: 505-667-0374 Email: mcani...@lanl.gov ==