Conditional operator in Python?

[Grant Edwards]

On Sat, 31 Mar 2001 18:04:40 -0800, Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com> wrote:

>Why isn't there a conditional operator (a ? b : c) in Python?  

Because trying to come with a semantically identical construct
in Python provides many hours of fun and a never-ending Usenet
thread.  ;)

>I've been reading comp.lang.python for a while (since just before 2.0
>shipped) and I can't really remember much discussion about it.  Is it a
>perennial request and I'm just missing it?

It comes up every month or two.

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