"?:", "a and b or c" or "iif"

[Robert Meegan]

On Fri, 28 May 1999, Andrew Clover wrote:

> 
>  Although that's fine in this case, where the result of the expression is
> assigned to a variable, that doesn't always happen. For example:
> 
>   selectFlavour(nutAllergy ? strawberry : pistachio)
> 
>  Would have to be written as:
> 
>   if nutAllergy:
>     flavour= strawberry
>   else:
>     flavour= pistachio
>   selectFlavour(flavour)
> 

Actually, I would have written it:

   if nutAllergy:
     selectFlavour(strawberry)
   else:
     selectFlavour(pistachio)

without any temporary variables.

To be really precise, I would have spelled it selectFlavor like a proper
English speaker  <grin>.

--- Robert

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