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Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 19:55:35 -0400
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On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 19:08:40 +0100, "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> declaimed the
following:

>
>Comparing:
>
> x = cond ? f() : g();       # C version
>
>with
>
> x = [f(), g()] [cond]
>
>the latter evaluates both f() and g() instead of just one. Apart from being 
>inefficient, it can have unintended side-effects.

	Ah, but what would

	x = [f, g][cond]()

produce?
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