[Python-ideas] exception based conditional expression, similar to if-else conditional expression

[Masklinn]

On 20 Aug 2009, at 01:07 , Jeff McAninch wrote:
> I would like to propose an expression, similar to the if-else  
> expression,
> that responds to exceptions.
-1, if this goes through it will be extended to all other compound  
statements over time and we'll end up with 2 or 3 ways to do every  
thing.

A much better idea would be to find a way to make all compound  
statements into expressions, future-proofing the decision and avoiding  
the redundancy between "compound statement statement" and "compound  
statement expression".