PEP-308 a "simplicity-first" alternative

Erik Max Francis max at alcyone.com
Wed Feb 12 20:50:42 EST 2003


Bengt Richter wrote:

> My fix is
>     x and {y} or z
> 
> meaning y is treated as True in logical expression context, but
> retains its value for purposes of the expression value.

And, as I've pointed out through these threads, I think that cure is
worse than the disease.

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