the PHP ternary operator equivalent on Python

[Roy Smith]

In article <1132376750.855932.45470 at g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
 "bonono at gmail.com" <bonono at gmail.com> wrote:

> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> > WHY WHY WHY the obsession with one-liners? What is wrong with the good old
> > fashioned way?
> >
> > if cond:
> >     x = true_value
> > else:
> >     x = false_value
> >
> > It is easy to read, easy to understand, only one of true_value and
> > false_value is evaluated. It isn't a one-liner. Big deal. Anyone would
> > think that newlines cost money or that ever time you used one God killed a
> > kitten.
> >
> How do you put this block into list comprehension or generator
> expression ? Why the obsession of these block style ?

I think the list comprehensions are going to be the death of readable 
python programs.