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I don't necessarily agree that Python overall is difficult to read, but one thing that seems to get my every time is the foo = x if y else z
by Casperin 4y ago
I don't necessarily agree that Python overall is difficult to read, but one thing that seems to get my every time is the
foo = x if y else z
- jasonjmcghee 4y agoI see where you're coming from. Many languages support the ternary operator, where it would be: foo = y ? x : z Which "feels better" but I think that's because I learned ternaries first. Some languages like Rust and Kotlin do support assignment of an if statement like foo = if (y) { x } else { z } And I think that's a good step, as it doesn't need to introduce new syntax, just allows assignment of "blocks"
- Casperin 4y agoYes. It requires that `if else` can be used as expressions, which for some reason in most languages that can not. In the beginning of doing Rust I was missing the ternary operator, but now I couldn't care less. foo = if y { x } else { y } Works well :-)