PEP-308 a "simplicity-first" alternative

[Erik Max Francis]

Paul Paterson wrote:

> The form is best shown by example since the x, y, C nomenclature can't
> be
> written with all the symbols meaning the same thing as in your other
> examples (which is why I goofed and switched the spelling of x and y
> between
> posts).

Uh, why can't they?  C is the conditional test, x is the expression to
evalute if it is true, y is the one to evaluate if false.  Whether or
not you're crazy about the choice of symbols, that is utterly
unambiguous.

> val = sqrt(x) or "imag" if x < 0
> 
> is the same as,
> 
> if x >= 0:
>     val = sqrt(x)
> else:
>     val = "imag"

So your proposal is

	y or x if C

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