[Python-Dev] "and" and "or" operators in Py3.0

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Tue Sep 20 03:08:49 CEST 2005


On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 20:03, Guido van Rossum wrote:

> While you're at it, maybe we should switch to && and || as well?
> That's another thing I always mistype when switching between
> languages...

Please no!  'and' and 'or' is so readably beautiful.

> Also, this proposal needs to be considered together with the addition
> of a proper conditional operator, like x?y:z.

Definitely.
-Barry

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