PEP 824 proposes adding two new operators to Python: the None-coalescing operator (??) and None-coalescing assignment operator (??=). These operators provide a concise way to handle None values similar to operators found in TypeScript, JavaScript, C#, Dart, and other modern languages, reducing verbose conditional checks and improving code readability.
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