> Is it redundant according to your criteria, yes I would say:
>
> a = {True: a, False: c}[condition]
>
> or
>
> a = [c, a][condition]
>
> would yield exactly the same even in one sentence....
Obviously it is _not_ the exact same.
def fac(n):
return n * fac(n-1) if n else 1
Try that with your recipes above.
Diez