Conditional operator in Python?

[John J. Lee]

On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, Fredrik Lundh wrote:
[...]
> here's the eff-bot's favourite lambda refactoring rule:
>
> 1) write a lambda function
> 2) write a comment explaining what the heck that lambda does
> 3) study the comment for a while, and think of a name that captures
>    the essence of the comment
> 4) convert the lambda to a def statement, using that name
> 5) remove the comment
[...]

Why 5)?


John