[Python-Dev] Adding a conditional expression in Py3.0 (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Tue Sep 27 23:49:24 CEST 2005

Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro wrote:

More realistic example:

def greet(person=None): print "Hello %s" % (if person is None: "World" else: person) Not as compact as C's ?:, but more readable and intuitive. It's just like an if-else construct, but on a single line and () around to make it look like an expression instead of a statement.

It looks even more like an expression without any embedded colons ;)

def greet(person=None): # Infix conditional print "Hello %s" % ("World" if person is None else person)

def greet(person=None): # Negated infix conditional so that 'normal' value is first print "Hello %s" % (person if person is not None else "World")

def greet(person=None): # Prefix conditional print "Hello %s" % (if person is None then "World" else person)

Anyway, Guido's already given some indication that the PEP 308 infix and prefix conditional operators without colons (above) are the main options he is considering choosing from.

Regards, Nick.

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