Python syntax wart

[Duncan Booth]

Stefan Behnel <stefan.behnel-n05pAM at web.de> wrote:

> This actually sounds somewhat pointless to me. If complex things don't
> fit into one line, a good way to deal with it is not to insist on
> making them a single statement.
> 

Or make them into a single method/function call. I would post some pseudo-
code replacing the TheProduct conditions with a single call to a 
meaningfully named method except I haven't got the faintest idea what it is 
trying to achieve.