PEP-308 a "simplicity-first" alternative

[Erik Max Francis]

Paul Paterson wrote:

> Using your definitions it's not ambiguous but it can be misleading
> since, in
> all other forms I recall seeing, C is the conditional test to select
> the
> normal or primary value. Hence a quick reading of "y or x if C" might
> lead
> you to believe that x is intended to be the normal result.

It _is_ the normal result, if by "normal result" you mean "the
expression that is to be evaluated if the condition evaluates to true." 
If you mean something else by "normal result," I don't understand why
you're making a distinction that only serves to confuse matters more.

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