<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 at 13:28 Greg Ewing <<a href="mailto:greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz">greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Nick Coghlan wrote:<br>
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>>What about more English-like syntax:<br>
>><br>
>>X or else Y<br>
><br>
> The problem with constructs like this is that they look like they<br>
> should mean the same thing as "X or Y".<br>
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How about:<br>
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x otherwise y<br>
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It looks different enough from "or" that you're not going<br>
to accidentally read it that way when skimming.<br>
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The meaning is something you'll have to learn if you don't<br>
know, but at least it's a word that can be googled for.<br></blockquote></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"> In terms of syntax, this is my favourite one so far.<br></div></div>