[Python-Dev] PEP 308: "then" "else" for deprecating "and" "or" side effects

[M.-A. Lemburg]

M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> Christian Tismer wrote:
>>> You are forgetting a detail here: "and" as well as "or"
>>> are not implemented as operators. "&" and "|" are the
>>> boolean operators and these do return boolean values.
>> Na, aber!
>> You are confusing bitwise orerations which booleans.
> Sorry, I meant "&&" and "||".

Argh, and that's C syntax. Should've had more coffee today.

>> Hey, did you realize what my message is about?
>> I am talking of a better alternative, not
>> "and" and "or".
> 
> Sure. I was argueing against adding more inlining
> tricks.

This remains valid, though.

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