From 648a2a5acc3b35fa746225c5cfdf85070cd5a221 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 22:29:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Explain that "e if C" (without the "else" part) is a bad
 idea.

---
 pep-0308.txt | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pep-0308.txt b/pep-0308.txt
index 941465cc5..130721741 100644
--- a/pep-0308.txt
+++ b/pep-0308.txt
@@ -110,6 +110,18 @@ Alternatives
     is called.  There's no way to short-circuit the expression
     evaluation.
 
+
+Variations
+
+    It has been proposed to make the 'else' part optional.  This would
+    be a really bad idea.  I showed:
+
+        x = e if C
+
+    to several people and they all thought that if C was false, it
+    would leave x unchanged.  So don't even think about this one!
+
+
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