This can get tiresome quickly:

if b:
a = 3
else:
a = 6

so people embraced

a = b and 3 or 6

which is dangerous

so

a = 3 if b else 6

is quite a progress in that regards because it's as unreadable as the and/or solution, just a whole lot more safe. And it sure is a whole lot more readable then

a = b ? 3 : 6
Joecode | 06/03/30 - 12:43 pm | #

I didn't know about pysqlite appearing in the stdlib. That's a good addition indeed!

Don't forget that setuptools is also slated for inclusion in the stdlib. That's a biggie as well, imho.
Kevin Dangoor | Homepage | 06/03/30 - 4:37 pm | #

pysqlite might not make the first alpha, but will be in the second alpha.
anthony | 06/03/31 - 3:11 am | #

pysqlite will be a great addition! If only we could grow Python's syntax and keywords like in Smalltalk -- now, that would be something!
AdSR | 06/03/31 - 5:14 pm | #