Ternery operator

[Erik Max Francis]

Michael Chermside wrote:

> Uwe Schmitt writes:
>
> > Normaly[sic] you should simulate "C ? T : F"
> >
> > either by
> >              [T,F][not C]
> >
> > or
> >
> >              (C and [T] or [F])[0]
> > ...
> 
> NOT TRUE!
> 
> NEITHER of your options does short-circuit evaluation.

The latter does, due to its use of and/or.  An equivalent form including
lambdas is

	(C and lambda: T or lambda: F)()

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