[Python-ideas] "or raise" syntax

[Javier Dehesa]

This happens to me with some frequency:

    result = f(args)
    if not result:   # of "if result is None:"
        raise Exception(...)

What if I could just say?

    result = f(args) or raise Exception(...)

I think that's pretty idiomatic. What's more, this would give you a
shorter syntax for things like:

    if x <= y:
        raise Exception(...)

Which you could write simply as:

    x > y or raise Exception(...)

Effectively covering the use case of this proposal
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.ideas/26005/

Has this ever been considered?

Javier