On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:23:42 +1300, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > In message <qoteibcq9pr....@ruuvi.it.helsinki.fi>, Jussi Piitulainen > wrote: > >> (I agree that no one should write factorial like that, except as a >> joke. I have nothing against (x if (a > b) else y). The trick with and >> and or was used before Python had an actual conditional expression.) > > You know what, I think I actually prefer the trick to Python’s > backwards-if syntax...
What backwards-if syntax? I tried writing it backwards: true_clause fi condition esle false_clause and got a syntax error, so I tried writing it backwards another way: false_clause else condition if true_clause and still got a syntax error, so I can only conclude that you're using some hacked version of Python with non-standard syntax, if you're serious, else you're unaware that Python's ternary if operator follows English syntax. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
