PEP308: Yet another syntax proposal

[Aahz]

In article <3E48AEBE.37CB4B46 at alcyone.com>,
Erik Max Francis  <max at alcyone.com> wrote:
>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!"

No, of course not.  But at least the two meanings are *related*.  I
don't consider the ability to understand conditional expressions without
reading the documentation a high priority.
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