If if were altered to be a container of terms, each with its own condition and nodelist, rendering an if becomes iterating the terms to find the first whose condition is True.
And if and elif are effectively the same as far as a term goes. An else is a term whose condition is always True.
Alternatively, because of how parsing works, each ElseIf could consume its follower, and rendering simply becomes "if my condition is true, render me, else render my follower."
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ifwere altered to be a container ofterms, each with its own condition and nodelist, rendering anifbecomes iterating the terms to find the first whose condition is True.And
ifandelifare effectively the same as far as atermgoes. Anelseis atermwhose condition is always True.Alternatively, because of how parsing works, each ElseIf could consume its follower, and rendering simply becomes "if my condition is true, render me, else render my follower."
This could make long if/elif chains slow.