Re: [Python-ideas] exception based conditional expression, similar to if-else conditional expression

I would like to propose an expression, similar to the if-else expression, that responds to exceptions. -1, if this goes through it will be extended to all other compound statements over time and we'll end up with 2 or 3 ways to do every

On 20 Aug 2009, at 01:07 , Jeff McAninch wrote: thing. A much better idea would be to find a way to make all compound statements into expressions, future-proofing the decision and avoiding the redundancy between "compound statement statement" and "compound statement expression".