Waffling (was Re: single-line terinary operators considered harmful)

[Erik Max Francis]

Stephen Horne wrote:

> I'm not sure I understand it, but I imagine it has to do with '='
> being n-ary (n >= 2) non-associative (rather than binary
> right-associative). Maybe the assigns are done left-to-right, even
> though the rightmost item is the source and must be evaluated first?

Yes, it's because Python evaluates changed assignments from left to
right.

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