PEP308: Yet another syntax proposal

[Erik Max Francis]

Aahz wrote:

> Because the extra punctuation calls out more clearly, IMO.  Also, I
> like
> the "||" meaning "or".

But || only means "or" in this sense if you've experienced it from the
C-like languages.  The bitwise or operator from Python is |; seeing two
in a row doesn't make one automatically think, "Oh, that must be
_logical_ or!  So that question mark is a test!  Oh, this is a little
baby if-then-else!"

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