[Python-ideas] "or raise" syntax

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(...) I think that's pretty idiomatic. What's more, this would give you a shorter syntax for things like: if x <= y: raise Exception(...) Which you could write simply as: x > y or raise Exception(...) Effectively covering the use case of this proposal http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.ideas/26005/ Has this ever been considered? Javier