PEP-308 a "simplicity-first" alternative

[Erik Max Francis]

Piet van Oostrum wrote:

> The "or" should be "but".
> But as "but" would be a new keyword, "except" may be better:
> 
> val = sqrt(x) except "imaginary" if x<0

Using the keyword `except' in a context that has nothing to do with
except handling doesn't seem like a very good idea, to me.

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