[Python-ideas] "else if" as equivalent for "elif"

[Ryan Gonzalez]

The Python Zen says:

There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.

elif uses less typing, anyway. Why type 3 more characters when you really don't need to? :D

On October 21, 2015 12:57:36 PM CDT, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly at gmail.com> wrote:
>Parse the sequence "else if" equivalently to "elif".
>
>This would be 100% backward compatible. It wouldn't require adding any
>new keywords to the language. It shouldn't be burdensome to maintain,
>since "elif" only appears in one place in the grammar. And it solves a
>minor readability complaint.
>
>Thoughts?
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