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

Steven D'Aprano wrote:

Others have suggested that the colon should be dropped. I dislike that idea, because there's nothing but whitespace delimiting the list of exceptions from the except-expression:

EXPR except EXCEPT-LIST EXCEPT-EXPR

I agree. Even if it can be parsed unambiguously, it's going to seem weird and confusing to a human. So far I haven't seen anything I like better than <expr> except <value> if <exception> despite the fact that it uses the words 'except' and 'if' in a different way than elsewhere. -- Greg