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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:49:28 +1000
Subject: Re: Feature suggestion -- return if true
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Zero Piraeus <schesis@gmail.com> wrote:
> =A0return? expr
>
> isn't very pythonic - so how about one of these?
>
> =A0return expr if True
> =A0return expr else continue
>
> I kid, I kid ...

Or:

if expr:
  return it

Actually, I'm not sure how stupid an idea that is. Inside an if, 'it'
is the value of the condition. Might actually be useful in a few
places.... Naw, I think it's still a stupid idea.

Chris Angelico