[Python-ideas] ('blue', 'red', 'orange' if something, 'green')

[Westley Martínez]

On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 07:41:11PM +0200, Sturla Molden wrote:
> Den 22.04.2011 11:59, skrev cool-RR:
> >Here's an idea that would have helped me today while coding. Allow
> >something like this:
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> >    ('blue', 'red', 'orange' if some_condition, 'green')
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> >So 'orange' is included in the tuple only if `some_condition`
> >evaluates to `True`.
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> This means it should be legal to write
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>     a = 'orange' if cond
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> which presumably should mean
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>      if cond: a = 'orange'
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> It retains some symmetry with
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>     a = 'orange' if cond else 'yellow'
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No. This is a horrible idea.