[Python-ideas] Null coalescing operator

[Chris Barker]

On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 12:00 PM, MRAB <python at mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:

> self.an_arg = the_default if an_arg is None else an_arg
>
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> No, ?? is a bit like 'or', except that only None is falsey, so it would be:
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>     self.an_arg = an_arg ?? the_default


thanks! and actually, that reads much better to me.

-CHB


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