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Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 13:40:13 +1100
Subject: Re: One liners
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On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> As for readability, I accept that ternary if is unusual compared to other
> languages...

All the C-derived ternary operators put the condition first, but
Python puts the condition in the middle. What that does for
readability I don't really know. Which is more important?

ChrisA