I don't understand PEP 308.

[Erik Max Francis]

Tetsuo wrote:

> Originally posted by Jp Calderone
>
> >   It proposes an if-then expression.
> 
> What's the difference? More importantly, what is the benefit?

Python makes a distinction between expressions and statements.  That's
why things like

	if x = 1:
	   ...

are illegal, since assignment is a statement and not an expression.

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