Another conditional expression candidate (PEP 308)

[Erik Max Francis]

Greg Brunet wrote:

> Also, from your examples, is it
> correct to assume that the "elif:" clause is NOT required?

Absolutely.  The basic form would be

	if C: x else: y

Chaining two together would result in

	if C: x else: if D: y else: z

which has an obvious contraction to

	if C: x elif: D: y else: z

All consistent with what you already know, newbie or not, about the
semantics of the if statement.

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