[Python-ideas] "or raise" syntax

[Ethan Furman]

On 10/30/2014 08:03 AM, Javier Dehesa wrote:
>
> 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(...)

Seems like a decent idea, but you can already have most of that:

    result = f(args) or raise_exc(ValueError, 'args must be ...')

and then have 'raise_exc' do the exception raising work.

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~Ethan~