Code formatting question: conditional expression

[John Posner]

> I wonder if it is appropriate to replace the None sentinel with one that is an instance
> of Block() e.g.
>
> size = total - P.BASE
> excessblk = Block(size, srccol, carry_button_suppress=True, empty_block=(size <= 0) )
>   

In this particular case, Richard, I don't think so. The Block class is 
an application-level wrapper for a graphical object. I don't want to 
worry about zero-size objects. ("Is this column really empty, or does it 
contain one or more zero-size blocks?") If you're interested, take a 
look at "BlockHead" at www.jjposner.net.

BTW, from the (admittedly few) responses to my original post, it seems 
there's some sentiment that "conditional expressions" are a non-Pythonic 
misfeature. Interesting ...

-John