Ternary Operator in Python

[Erik Max Francis]

Ron_Adam wrote:

> I've used boolean opperations to do it.
> 
> 	result = (v == value) * first + (v != value) * second
> 
> Same as:
> 
> 	if v == value: result = first else: result = second

No, it isn't, because it isn't short circuiting.  If first or second had 
side effects, then the two would not be equivalent.

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