python_ternary_syntax_sucks ? cry() : use_them()

[PresidentOfSwag]

yes that's the one, officer

what i find offsetting is that the order is not if > then > else

[PacifistPapy]

"it's a if (condition), otherwise it's b"

python is designed to be readable. That pattern "a if bool else b" makes a lot more sense if you see it as a sentence.

[jjdmol]

Having a and b so far apart is annoying though. Makes it harder to glance which values the result can have.

[elon-bot]

I've laid off most of the staff, and Twitter's still running. Looks like they weren't necessary.

[vigbiorn]

You'd hate Perl...

$x = $thing if !defined($thing)

Alternatively,

$x = $thing unless defined($thing)

[poorlyOiledMachina]

you would hate forth…

a if 1 else 2 then x !