A = X > Y ? X : Y

[Skip Montanaro]

    Michal> I know there's been a couple replies to this... but why not do
    Michal> something like VB's (or at least VBA's - not sure if VB proper
    Michal> has it) "immediate If" function?

    Michal> def iif( condition, first, second ):
		...
    Michal> then it's:

    Michal> a = iif( a > y, x, y )

Wrong semantics.  Both x and y will be evaulated before the function call
regardless of the value of the condition.

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