single-line terinary operators considered harmful

[OKB (not okblacke)]

Clark C. Evans wrote:

> After the select/case option presented previously, my second
> best option would be something like...
> 
>    var = (if 1 == x: 'yes'
>           else: 'no')
> 
> Where the 'else' must be in the same column as the 
> corresponding if.
 
    	Personally I find this frightening.  I don't like the idea of an 
indent level being defined by non-whitespace characters.  Here, the "var 
= (" is defining the indent level for the else.  This is, to me, a bad 
thing, because, if you just look at this line:

var = (if 1 == x: 'yes'

    	. . . it's not immediately obvious what the "correct" column is for 
the else.

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