A bit disappointing, but very much expected. I just though a bit of effort is worth even for 0.1% probability of success. At least from where I stand, such change would make a fairly big impact on the things I do, given my expected relationship with python.
I haven’t studied much of a history of python and I know how much I do not know. I always let go when there is a conviction it is a right thing to do. :) Thank you for your reply. PEPs that get referred to in this group are always informative to me. Maybe I will spend some time going through PEPs to get a bit more familiar. > On 18 Jul 2023, at 00:23, David Mertz, Ph.D. <david.me...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This ship has sailed and the ternary operator isn't going to change. > Seriously, let it go. > > I forget the PEP, but this was well discussed long ago when the ternary was > added. In general, Python prefers words to punctuation symbols for most of > its constructs. So the decision was consistent with that. I do believe that > such a choice is friendlier for people learning a first programming language, > since it resembles English prose. While I like the C-style operator as well, > I think the Python version does the right thing by emphasizing the DEFAULT by > putting it first, and leaving the predicate and fallback until later in the > expression (right for Pythonic code, not right for other languages > necessarily). > > Either way, the question is moot. > > On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 4:42 PM Dom Grigonis <dom.grigo...@gmail.com > <mailto:dom.grigo...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am not very keen on long discussions on such matter as I do not think there > is much to discuss: there is no technical complexity in it and it doesn’t > really change or introduce anything new. It is only a matter of opinion & > style/design preferences with respect to logical order and brevity of a > statement. > > So I thought, if anyone can be bothered on such question and instead of > writing 3-minute e-mail, would take few seconds to answer 3-question poll. > > https://q5yitzu62.supersurvey.com <https://q5yitzu62.supersurvey.com/> > > Would be interesting to see if my preference is an outlier or not really. > > > Kind regards, > D. Grigonis > > > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org > <mailto:python-ideas@python.org> > To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org > <mailto:python-ideas-le...@python.org> > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > <https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/> > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/NZVLR56BFMBJXE6GN2GWRXIG6ZVAAWZZ/ > > <https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/NZVLR56BFMBJXE6GN2GWRXIG6ZVAAWZZ/> > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > <http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/> > > > -- > The dead increasingly dominate and strangle both the living and the > not-yet born. Vampiric capital and undead corporate persons abuse > the lives and control the thoughts of homo faber. Ideas, once born, > become abortifacients against new conceptions.
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