On 2008-06-09, Lie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> That seems strange to me. The and-or simulation that was offerd in the >> FAQ allowed for about the same kind of structures as the ternary >> operator in C and was used in the standard library IIRC. >> >> So the same unreadable was already possible to write, plus that it >> could cause bugs and had to be made even more unreadable in order >> to work correctly. Considering this it I find it odd that hurting >> readability was a motivation not to have it. > > In case you didn't notice, the and-or simulation is a hack, it is not > to be used by anyone writing real code (instead of for an entry to > Obfuscated Python Code Contest) to substitute it for inline if. If > inline if is "formalized", that means the language encourages the use > of inline if, which we don't want to have.
Who is we? The last poll I know about had a majority in favor of a ternary operator. -- Antoon Pardon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
