Conditional operator in Python?

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <3wFx6.2498$sk3.826353 at newsb.telia.net>,
Fredrik Lundh <fredrik at effbot.org> wrote:
>
>here's the eff-bot's favourite lambda refactoring rule:
>
>1) write a lambda function
>2) write a comment explaining what the heck that lambda does
>3) study the comment for a while, and think of a name that captures
>   the essence of the comment
>4) convert the lambda to a def statement, using that name
>5) remove the comment

Hey!  That's pretty good.  Keep it in a cut'n'paste buffer.
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