Proposed PEP for a Conditional Expression

[thp at cs.ucr.edu]

Alex Martelli <aleax at aleax.it> wrote:
: "Bernhard Herzog" <bh at intevation.de> wrote in message
: news:6qvgire4bk.fsf at abnoba.intevation.de...
:     ...
:> >          What's wrong with just satisfying people?
:>
:> Lots of people asking for it is a reason to write the PEP, but not
:> necessarily a reason to actually adopt the PEP.

: Seconded on both scores.  Specifically, adding to Python all the
: features that "lots of people" ask for would ensure Python's
: transformation into a huge, bloated language. *THIS* is "what's
: wrong with just satisfying people", as here rhetorically asked:
: trying to make everybody happy will ensure nobody's happy:-).

The above non-sequitur applies equally well to every proposal that
"lots of people ask for".

Tom Payne