Cleaning up conditionals

[Deborah Swanson]

Michael Torrie wrote:
> On 12/30/2016 05:26 PM, Deborah Swanson wrote:
> > I'm still wondering if these 4 lines can be collapsed to one or two 
> > lines.
> 
> If the logic is clearly expressed in the if blocks that you 
> have, I don't see why collapsing an if block into one or two 
> lines would even be desirable.  Making a clever one-liner out 
> of something isn't always a good thing.  In fact some 
> programmers don't like to use the ternary operator or 
> conditional expressions, preferring to use explicit if block logic.
> 

Maybe it isn't always a good thing, but learning the capabilities of
python is. Besides, if the concern is future maintenance, a lot would
depend on the proficiency of those expected to maintain the code.