conditional expressions

[Erik Max Francis]

"daniel w. moore" wrote:

> It's occurred to me after some brainstorming on the subject that the
> C/perl construct
> 
>   a ? b : c
> 
> can be arranged like this in python:
	...
> Has anyone put this to good use, i wonder?
> Or have I just made a daring and heroic discovery in my own particular
> idiom ;)

Sorry, but no, this isn't new.  A variation is mentioned in the FAQ and
these two variants -- using and/or combinations and lambdas -- gets
discussed in the group frequently.

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