[Python-Dev] Adding C ternary select (a?b:c) to Python?

[Eric S. Raymond]

Jim Fulton <jim@digicool.com>:
> I'm surprised that using the colon doesn't cause problems.

Pgen doesn't tag this ambiguous.  The LL(1) traversal actually helps
here; by the time you see a colon, you already know whether or not you're
parsing a ternary telect.
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