Ron_Adam wrote:
I've used boolean opperations to do it.
result = (v == value) * first + (v != value) * second
Same as:
if v == value: result = first else: result = second
No, it isn't, because it isn't short circuiting. If first or second had side effects, then the two would not be equivalent.
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