I am new to python. I have a few questions coming from an armature!
Lawrence D’Oliveiro
lawrencedo99 at gmail.com
Wed Aug 17 19:07:41 EDT 2016
On Thursday, August 18, 2016 at 6:28:06 AM UTC+12, Terry Reedy wrote:
>> https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0308/
>
> What the *current* version removed from an earlier version is that there
> was a clear community consensus against the condition-in-the-middle
> syntax Guido proposed and for some version of "if condition then
> True-alternative else False-alternative". Where consensus was lacking
> was which of multiple 'normal order' alternatives to choose. Part of
> the problem was a lack of knowledge of which alternative Guido might
> accept. In any case, a runoff vote among the top contenders was not
> allowed.
Sounds like Conway’s Law strikes again: a flawed development process led to the creation of a flawed solution.
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