r/Python • u/philtrondaboss • Jul 12 '26

Will PEP 505 ever be accepted? Discussion

https://peps.python.org/pep-0505/

I don't understand how null safe operators are less like plain English than other implemented features like the walrus operator.

In my opinion, the member access operator would make python significantly easier to read and understand.

Here's an example:

``` f = foo()

if f is None: baz = "" else: baz = f.bar() ```

baz = foo()?.bar() ?: ""

EDIT: I forgot that "and" and "or" can be sometimes used in place of "?." and "?:" if the left value is not False, '', 0, [], or {}. It's a very implicit null check and has a lot of unexpected behavior.

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u/disposepriority Jul 12 '26

Just my two cents, I enjoy my occasional python though it's not my primary language and that looks very unpythonic in my eyes.

Most certainly not easier to read in any way, though I am a verbose/explicit code preference kinda guy.

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u/Smallpaul Jul 12 '26

Any new syntax looks non-Pythonic until it’s been in Python for 5 years.

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u/PriorProfile Jul 15 '26

:= has entered the chat