[Python-Dev] Fwd: Requesting pronouncement on PEP 463: Exception-catching expressions

[Jeremy Kloth]

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From: Jeremy Kloth <jeremy.kloth at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] Requesting pronouncement on PEP 463:
Exception-catching expressions
To: Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com>


On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
> Tooling issues should already have been solved for lambda, but if you
> don't like the colon, go with one of the other options - Brett
> expressed support for 'then', which makes very good sense (it does
> require creating a new keyword, but it's a fairly safe one).

Just to note, if a token is desired, it could be treated as a
pseudo-keyword much like 'as' was prior to 2.6 (or 2.5 with future
'with_statement').  That is, it is only treated as a keyword when
parsing the expression defining its use.

With that, the list of available "keywords" becomes much broader.

-- 
Jeremy Kloth