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

[holger krekel]

Erik Max Francis wrote:
> Andrew Koenig wrote:
> 
> > 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.

this makes the parsing process ambigous because an expression
can also be a statement. With

    if y<5: "Yep"    ...

the parser would still have no idea at "Yep" what 
it is dealing with.  And i'd probably think that

    if if y<5: yep() else: 0:

is the result of some editor-accident :-)

    holger