Feb. 21, 2014
5:06 p.m.
21.02.2014 18:37, Guido van Rossum wrote:
I'm put off by the ':' syntax myself (it looks to me as if someone forgot a newline somewhere)
As I mentioned at python-ideas I believe that parens neutralize, at least to some extent, that unfortunate statement-ish flavor of the colon. This one has some statement-like smell: msg = seq[i] except IndexError: "nothing" But this looks better, I believe: msg = (seq[i] except IndexError: "nothing") Or even (still being my favorite): msg = seq[i] except (IndexError: "nothing") Cheers. *j