anything new on the ternary operator?

[Bob Gailer]

At 02:13 AM 7/7/2003 +0000, Russell Reagan wrote:

>"Bob Gailer" <bgailer at alum.rpi.edu> wrote
>
> > I was looking forward to having it.
>
>"Sean Ross" <sross at connectmail.carleton.ca> wrote
>
> > - (if C: x else: y) won the vote
>
>I'm still learning python, so don't flame too much :-)
>
>What is superior about using the proposed ternary operator instead of using
>the 'and' and 'or' operators to simulate inline logic?

The ternary op
   if a: b else: y
would implement
   if a:result = b
   else: result = c
which is not identical to
   result = a and b or c

Bob Gailer
bgailer at alum.rpi.edu
303 442 2625
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