[Python-ideas] except expression

[Greg Ewing]

On 20/02/14 02:01, Paul Moore wrote:

>      EXPR except EXCEPTION return FALLBACK
>
> Here, EXPR is the "expected" result, but if you get EXCEPTION when
> evaluating it then use FALLBACK instead.

I don't think there's any point in forcing things
to be in the same order as the if-expression if it requires
mangling English grammar.

The reason we ended up with the oddly-ordered if-expression
in the first place is that it *avoided* mangled English while
staying within the existing set of keywords.

To introduce another construct that mangles English and/or abuses
keywords just to match the odd ordering of the if-expression
would be a truly foolish consistency.

-- 
Greg