[Python-Dev] Re: Trinary Operators
Guido van Rossum
guido@python.org
Fri, 07 Feb 2003 12:10:44 -0500
> Um. That's a tough bar, particularly given that some people are in
> favor of a ternary operator, but only if it has a "reasonable" syntax.
> I'm going to want separate votes for "should there be a ternary
> operator?" and "what syntax should it have?" If there's a clear
> majority for the first part, but not the second part, I'd like instead
> of being rejected forever, to be put on hold for a minimum of a year.
I think you can't separate the two votes so easily. If I vote for a
ternary operator, but then something with an ugly syntax wins the
design contest, I may wish I had voted against in the first place.
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)