Re: [Python-ideas] Using `or?` as the null coalescing operator

On September 28, 2015 5:50:15 AM CDT, Koos Zevenhoven wrote:

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On 25 September 2015 at 09:07, Alessio Bogon wrote:

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I really like PEP 0505. The only thing that does not convince me is

On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 10:13 AM, Nick Coghlan wrote: the `??` operator. I would like to know what you think of an alternative like `or?`:

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a_list = some_list or? [] a_dict = some_dict or? {}

And have the following syntax options been considered?

a_list = some_list else []

This one's ambiguous. How would you parse: x if a else b else c As: x if (a else b) else c Or: x if a else (b else c)

a_list = some_list or [] if None

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