Re: [Python-ideas] "or raise" syntax

On 10/30/2014 08:03 AM, Javier Dehesa wrote:

This happens to me with some frequency:

result = f(args) if not result: # of "if result is None:" raise Exception(...)

What if I could just say?

result = f(args) or raise Exception(...)

Seems like a decent idea, but you can already have most of that: result = f(args) or raise_exc(ValueError, 'args must be ...') and then have 'raise_exc' do the exception raising work. -- ~Ethan~