[Python-Dev] Adding a conditional expression in Py3.0

Edward C. Jones edcjones at comcast.net
Thu Sep 29 18:00:08 CEST 2005

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Guido van Rossum wrote:
file = os.path.abspath(file) if file else '?'
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These are all unreadable. In C "a ? b : c" is not used very often. A 
quick check of the Python source found 476 occurences.
-1 to conditional expressions.

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