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

Fred L. Drake, Jr. fdrake@acm.org
Thu, 6 Feb 2003 17:54:58 -0500

Gary Herron writes:

         x for x>=0

abs(x) = { -x for x<0 ... (Of course I can't typeset it in email, but perhaps one can imagine the "{" large enough to encompass both lines on the right.)

        /
        |   x for x >= 0

abs(x) = < | -x for x < 0 \

Yeah, I guess it's hopeless. ;-(

-Fred

-- Fred L. Drake, Jr. PythonLabs at Zope Corporation