[Python-ideas] Make "raise" an expression

[Chris Angelico]

On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 9:24 AM, אלעזר <elazarg at gmail.com> wrote:
> To be honest, I'm not sure that this change is worthwhile. Admittedly the
> use cases are weak, and in some ways this is complementary of the (sadly
> rejected) "except expression". I would still like to "finish that thought",
> so - why not?
>

More "why". Python doesn't emphasize one-liners, so there needs to be
a good reason not to just make this an 'if' statement. The use cases
given are indeed weak, but given stronger ones, I'm sure this could be
done.

ChrisA