A = X > Y ? X : Y

[François Pinard]

Brad Howes <bradh at mediaone.net> writes:
> Curtis Jensen <cjensen at be-research.ucsd.edu> writes:

> Its in the FAQ -- and its not as pretty:

>   a = ( ( x > y ) and x ) or y

> Seems to work fine for numbers -- not sure about objects or strings.

If really in the FAQ, it should not be.  It surely does not work when x
is 0, and y is less than 0.

-- 
François Pinard   http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard