Equivalent to (a ? b : c) ?

[Hrvoje Niksic]

"maxm" <maxm at normik.dk> writes:

> ######################################################################
> ## Why aren't there any unary type expression like "(Test)?trueVal:falseVal"
> in Python?
> 
> Thanks to Python's dynamic typing you can easily add the C "?:"
> expression to the language by defining a single function that will
> work with all types:

No, this is not even close to C's ?: operator.  The trick you are
missing is that ?: is lazy.  For example:

x = foo() ? bar() : baz();

...will call foo(), and based on that will call either bar() or baz(),
never both.  Your ifexp() will evaluate both expressions.

The solution that is correct in all cases has been posted by others:

	((a and (b,)) or (c,))[0]