For review: PEP 308 - If-then-else expression

[Erik Max Francis]

Paul Moore wrote:

> Actually, in C, I often find that I *can't* use the ternary operator,
> because what I want is a default. So
> 
>     x = y or default
> 
> is more useful to me. (But Python already has that).

Except when y might evaluate as false.

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