conditional expressions

[Bruce Dawson]

Good point about the difference, and thanks for the pointer/reminder 
about operator.truth. It's still good to have bool though - if only for 
the compactness and readability of it.

Erik Max Francis wrote:

> Bruce Dawson wrote:
> 
> 
>>I find the (a and [b] or [c])[0] construct to obscure to be useful -
>>the
>>space it saves is wasted by the comment I have to put in to explain
>>it.
...
> 
> I use this technique frequently enough, but this isn't really what a
> conditional expression does.  A conditional expression only _evaluates_
> one of its consequents, depending on the value of the test expression. 
> The (a, b)[operator.truth(p)] evaluates both.
> 
> This is fine in many cases, of course -- such as when you're selecting
> between two strings -- but it isn't the full power of a true conditional
> expression.
> 
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