On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 13:02:20 +0200, Piet van Oostrum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>> Paul Rubin <http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PR) wrote: > [...] > >>PR> Yeah, "if C then A else B" is a ancient tradition stretching from >>PR> Algol-60 to OCAML, and who knows what all else in between. I'm not >>PR> sure what Guido saw in the "A if C else B" syntax but it's not a big deal. > >I suspect it is because "if C then A else B" gives problems in the parser >because it would have difficulty to distinguish this in time from the if >statement. This is because the parser doesn't use a very strong formalism. So lose the "if." R = C then A else B I don't think python uses the question mark for anything. Throw that in, if it makes parsing easier: R = C ? then A else B Regards, -=Dave -- Change is inevitable, progress is not. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
