python short conditional?

[Roy Smith]

Pieter Claassen <pieter at countersnipe.com> wrote:

> I am looking to find a short conditional for python equivalent
> to the perl question mark operator 
> 
> statement? if true:else false

There is no such ternary operator in Python.  There was a HUGE debate 
earlier this year about possibly adding it.  To make a very long story 
short, it's not going to happen.  Look up PEP-308 for more details.