Equivalent to (a ? b : c) ?

[Alex Martelli]

Scott Malraux writes:

> I remember seeing the Python equivalent to C's (a?b:c) inline if
> statement, but I can't find it for the life of me... can some kind soul
> jog my memory for me please?
> 
For the general case I think it was:

	((a and (b,)) or (c,))[0]

where the tuple trickery is just in case b is false; if you
know b can't be false,

	(a and b) or c

seems more readable.  I think the parentheses can also
be dispensed with, but I'm not conversant enough with
the precedence to dare do that:-).


Alex