In article <mailman.1330.1269981186.23598.python-l...@python.org>, Steve Holden <st...@holdenweb.com> wrote: > >It exists because people nagged Guido mercilessly until, against his >better judgment, he capitulated.
No, the ternary exists because he became convinced that it was the lesser evil compared with letting the abomination of A and B or C remain the "Pythonic" ternary and someone came up with a syntax that wasn't completely painful. -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "It is easier to optimize correct code than to correct optimized code." --Bill Harlan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
