Another conditional expression candidate (PEP 308)

[Erik Max Francis]

Evan wrote:

> This is part of why I suggested mandatory parens.  Then both of these
> are legal, and there is no confusion:
> 
> result = (if cond: x else: y)
> 
> result = (if cond:
>      x
> else:
>      y)

Why make them mandatory?  If you want to go multiline, you can just add
the parentheses yourself and get them for free.  Making them mandatory
seems heavy handed for getting a certain indentation flow you _might_
want to use.

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