For review: PEP 308 - If-then-else expression

[Paul Rubin]

Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com> writes:
> > Me too.  But seriously, what's wrong with
> > 
> >     x = if y < 5: "Yep" else: "Nope"
> > 
> > I would hope the meaning is immediately obvious...
> 
> Nothing at all, I don't think.  I suggested it early on in the thread
> (required parentheses or no), and it's been suggested independently (as
> far as I can tell) at least two more times.  As someone pointed out,
> some digging discovered that someone suggested it in a proposed PEP
> which never went anywhere several years ago.
> 
> It seems to satisfy all the criteria:  reads left-to-right, is
> unambiguous, is easy to understand, and requires no new keywords.

It's my favorite too, at this point.