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Re: Hack or beauty?

From	Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: Hack or beauty?
Date	2026-05-13 21:37 +0000
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On Wed, 13 May 2026 13:58:50 -0500, Michael F. Stemper wrote:

> for variable in angles if options.angle else comps:

The “«true-part» if «cond» else «false-part»” conditional expression
syntax in Python is something I consider to be one of the few real
mistakes in the design of the language. Every other language adopts
the C-style syntax “«cond» ? «true-part» : «false-part»”, but Python
had to be different, just for the sake of being different.

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Hack or beauty? "Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com> - 2026-05-13 13:58 -0500
  Re: Hack or beauty? ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-05-13 19:33 +0000
    Re: Hack or beauty? ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-05-13 21:04 +0000
      Re: Hack or beauty? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-14 01:06 +0000
    Re: Hack or beauty? "Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com> - 2026-05-14 13:25 -0500
  Re: Hack or beauty? Mark Bourne <nntp.mbourne@spamgourmet.com> - 2026-05-13 21:52 +0100
    Re: Hack or beauty? "Michael F. Stemper" <michael.stemper@gmail.com> - 2026-05-14 08:06 -0500
  Re: Hack or beauty? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-13 21:37 +0000

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