[Python-Dev] conditional expressions?

Gordon McMillan gmcm@hypernet.com
Mon, 15 Oct 2001 17:24:29 -0400


Paul Svensson wrote:

> so I guess don't have the understanding of the motivation
> behind the proposal that I could have had.

Because:
 a and b or c
burns you when b evaluates to false, but
(a and [b] or [c])[0]
is a monstrosity. And yes, people do that.

- Gordon