Proposed PEP for a Conditional Expression

[Markus Schaber]

Hi,

Gareth McCaughan <Gareth.McCaughan at pobox.com> schrub:

> It isn't exactly like C, because the C syntax doesn't
> abuse the word "if". If you use words from a natural
> language, it is best to use them in a way reasonably
> compatible with that language. "<condition> if <expression> ..."
> completely fails this test, and I too think it could only
> appeal to someone who'd got used to it by programming in
> Forth.

What about "(<cond>: return <expr> [else return <expr])" - yes, I want 
to make the else optional (returning None otherwise). But the () around 
it have to be there.

May be even "(<cond>: <expr> [else <expr>])" would be usable.

In my thinking of natural and mathematical language, the : is a way of 
indicating that the condition proposes the expression.
 
markus
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