PEP 308: Alternative conditional operator forms

[John Roth]

"Erik Max Francis" <max at alcyone.com> wrote in message
news:3E473E44.3F7EF4CC at alcyone.com...
> David Gausebeck wrote:
>
> > The reason the : makes sense for me is that the syntax here is
> > essentially the same as for 'if', except that this is an expression.
> > To make it even more analogous, it could be
> >
> > ifelse C: x else: y
> ...
> > Why add a new keyword ('otherwise') when an existing one fits
> > perfectly and causes no conflicts?  'else' in this context seems
like
> > a no-brainer.
>
> I'm going to turn that one right around on you.  Why add the new
keyword
> `ifelse'?  Why not use `if'?

Because you've got a major ambiguity if the statement begins
with an "if". That comment is in the PEP.

John Roth
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