Re: Hack or beauty?

Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]> Wed, 13 May 2026 21:37:55 -0000 (UTC)

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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.