Morel Xavier wrote: > Steve Holden wrote: > >>Contrast with the bleeding obvious: >> >> level = 0 >> if "absolute_import" in self.futures: >> level = -1 >> >>regards >> Steve > > > > The issue that spawned the necessity of a ternary operator in the first > place was that this syntax is not usable at all in quite a few > situations like, say, list comprehensions...
And of course the example I criticized was a list comprehension (not). The fact that ternary operators improve some features isn't an excuse for using them when they actually decrease readability. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd www.holdenweb.com Love me, love my blog holdenweb.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
