# Using the question mark (?) for inline conditions

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**Created:** [August 6, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/using-the-question-mark-for-inline-conditions/60155 "2024-08-06T18:46:57Z")\
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> **[PEP 505 – None-aware operators | peps.python.org](https://peps.python.org/pep-0505/)**
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> Several modern programming languages have so-called “null-coalescing” or “null- aware” operators, including C# 1, Dart 2, Perl, Swift, and PHP (starting in version 7). There are also stage 3 draft proposals for their addition to ECMAScript (a.k.a....

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