Proposal: function which simulates C ?: operator

[Reinhold Birkenfeld]

Peter Hansen wrote:
> Reinhold Birkenfeld wrote:
> 
>> Peter Hansen wrote:
>>>It won't happen because (a) it's a trivial function to write
>>>on-demand,
>> 
>> How do you write this function without lambda in the call?
> 
> Basically, you use if/then like you are "supposed" to. :-)
> But the OP wasn't asking about a short-circuit version, just
> the trivial fully evaluated function approach.

Granted. This or (x and y or z) without y being false...

>>>and (b) there are already several different ways of
>>>spelling it with current Python syntax if you don't want a
>>>function
>> 
>> One uglier than the other.
> 
> Agreed.  Use if/then and save the sanity of your maintenance
> programmers.
> 
>>>and (c) I suspect that the requirement for short-circuit
>>>evaluation would actually be *more* common in Python than it
>>>appears it is in C++ based on your very limited sample population.
>> 
>> ACK.
> 
> Ironic that Bill the Cat changed the meaning of that from
> positive to negative. :-)  (Or did he always use mixed-case,
> so that all-caps ACK is still uniquely ASCII?)

Well, I don't know Bill the Cat, should I?

Reinhold

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