On Mar 7, 2006, at 7:29 AM, Steve Holden wrote: ... >> In fact, I think the below examples are reasonable uses >> that do a better job of expressing intent than the if >> statement would. I just don't like the mental backtrack >> they require, and would like some sort of advance >> warning. Parentheses at least tell me "You're not done >> yet; keep reading." >> >>>>> ack(r,r) if r not in cache >> >>>>> log(message) if error_flag >> > I think you've misunderstood the nature of the change. HTe new > conditionals are *expressions*, they aren't postfix conditionals for > statements.
Right, but the only effect of that on the examples is that they both need an 'else None' continuation or thereabouts. I also predict widespread over-use of the new toy and agree with Jim that mandatory parentheses around the whole (X if Y else Z) construct would ameliorate legibility a bit. Alex _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com