[Python-Dev] conditional expressions? (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Mon, 15 Oct 2001 16:42:57 -0400

Trying to put a finger on why I think this proposed new syntax looks ugly, I would say that my biggest problem is that it blurs some of the visual distictions between statements and expressions that I find helpful for quickly locating the interesting parts of a piece of code.

I assume this has some parallel to list comprehensions that way, but I fail to see the same blatant conceptual beauty in this proposal, motivating the unfamiliar form.

And what exactly qualifies you as a language designer?

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)