metal wrote:
I wonder the reason for ELIF. it's not aligned with IF, make code ugly IMHOOR maybe better? if foo == bar: ... or foo == baz: ... or foo == bra: ... else: ...
Because that's uglier. `or` means something completely unrelated in expressions. Variations of `else if` in `if ... else if ...` chains is routine in computer languages. Choosing a deliberately different syntax just for the sake it of is obtuse at best.
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