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2 files changed, 28 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/reference/executionmodel.rst b/Doc/reference/executionmodel.rst
index 9f6170d..4e38536 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/executionmodel.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/executionmodel.rst
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ searched. The global statement must precede all uses of the name.
.. index:: pair: restricted; execution
-The built-in namespace associated with the execution of a code block is actually
+The builtins namespace associated with the execution of a code block is actually
found by looking up the name ``__builtins__`` in its global namespace; this
should be a dictionary or a module (in the latter case the module's dictionary
is used). By default, when in the :mod:`__main__` module, ``__builtins__`` is
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ weak form of restricted execution.
.. impl-detail::
Users should not touch ``__builtins__``; it is strictly an implementation
- detail. Users wanting to override values in the built-in namespace should
+ detail. Users wanting to override values in the builtins namespace should
:keyword:`import` the :mod:`__builtin__` (no 's') module and modify its
attributes appropriately.
diff --git a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst
index e060670..c03113c 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ brackets:
list_comprehension: `expression` `list_for`
list_for: "for" `target_list` "in" `old_expression_list` [`list_iter`]
old_expression_list: `old_expression` [("," `old_expression`)+ [","]]
+ old_expression: `or_test` | `old_lambda_form`
list_iter: `list_for` | `list_if`
list_if: "if" `old_expression` [`list_iter`]
@@ -1136,12 +1137,7 @@ Boolean operations
pair: Conditional; expression
pair: Boolean; operation
-Boolean operations have the lowest priority of all Python operations:
-
.. productionlist::
- expression: `conditional_expression` | `lambda_form`
- old_expression: `or_test` | `old_lambda_form`
- conditional_expression: `or_test` ["if" `or_test` "else" `expression`]
or_test: `and_test` | `or_test` "or" `and_test`
and_test: `not_test` | `and_test` "and" `not_test`
not_test: `comparison` | "not" `not_test`
@@ -1158,12 +1154,6 @@ special method for a way to change this.)
The operator :keyword:`not` yields ``True`` if its argument is false, ``False``
otherwise.
-The expression ``x if C else y`` first evaluates *C* (*not* *x*); if *C* is
-true, *x* is evaluated and its value is returned; otherwise, *y* is evaluated
-and its value is returned.
-
-.. versionadded:: 2.5
-
.. index:: operator: and
The expression ``x and y`` first evaluates *x*; if *x* is false, its value is
@@ -1183,6 +1173,29 @@ not bother to return a value of the same type as its argument, so e.g., ``not
'foo'`` yields ``False``, not ``''``.)
+Conditional Expressions
+=======================
+
+.. versionadded:: 2.5
+
+.. index::
+ pair: conditional; expression
+ pair: ternary; operator
+
+.. productionlist::
+ conditional_expression: `or_test` ["if" `or_test` "else" `expression`]
+ expression: `conditional_expression` | `lambda_form`
+
+Conditional expressions (sometimes called a "ternary operator") have the lowest
+priority of all Python operations.
+
+The expression ``x if C else y`` first evaluates the condition, *C* (*not* *x*);
+if *C* is true, *x* is evaluated and its value is returned; otherwise, *y* is
+evaluated and its value is returned.
+
+See :pep:`308` for more details about conditional expressions.
+
+
.. _lambdas:
.. _lambda:
@@ -1276,6 +1289,8 @@ groups from right to left).
+===============================================+=====================================+
| :keyword:`lambda` | Lambda expression |
+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
+| :keyword:`if` -- :keyword:`else` | Conditional expression |
++-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| :keyword:`or` | Boolean OR |
+-----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| :keyword:`and` | Boolean AND |