Proposed PEP for a Conditional Expression

[thp at cs.ucr.edu]

James_Althoff at i2.com wrote:

: Tom Payne wrote:
:>To me,
:>
:>          count = 1 if by_land() else
:>                  2 if by_sea()  else
:>                  0
:>
:>is clearer than
:>
:>         if by_land():
:>                 count = 1
:>         elif by_sea():
:>                 count = 2
:>         else:
:>                 count = 0

: On the other hand, it's hard to make the case that the latter is *unclear*.
: And it's already there, just waiting to be used. ;-)

But it's not an expression.

Tom Payne