[Python-Dev] vox populii illiterati

[Samuele Pedroni]

From: "Neal Norwitz" <neal@metaslash.com>
> One thing to note, many people are saying you can currently do:
> 
>         cond and true_value or false_value
> 
> However, many have gotten it wrong, either by reversing the true/false
> value or by using something in the true_value which may be false
> (sometimes even constants).  pychecker tries to find this condition
> (when true_value is a false constant), but it does a poor job
> of determining the idiom IIRC.

that's why the real one (if any) should be spelled

cond and! true_val or! false_val

<.5 wink>.

Sorry I couldn't resist.