[Python-Dev] Re: Trinary Operators (original) (raw)

Eric S. Raymond esr@thyrsus.com
Thu, 6 Feb 2003 15:13:04 -0500

Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>:

I'm not sure yet how lambda and if/else should group relative to each other.

I am. Lambda should bind more loosely.

Consider the typical callback lambda usage case:

 MyGuiButton(lambda: mysort() if mode == SORT else browse(), "Do it.")

That is, I definitely want the scope of the lambda to go all the way to the comma.

I like the suggestion for the extended n-ary form. Partly because it's a stronger helper for the most important usage context, but also because it moves Python more towards being an expression-oriented language.

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