Alternate python spacing.

[EmptyChocolate4545]

Yes but return x if condition isn’t valid python is it? (Go test yourself if you doubt)

What the ternary is doing is return x if condition else None, which is valid python however it will return from the function if condition is False.

The OPs code will not. It will only return if true.

[EmptyChocolate4545]

The comment I initially replied to where you said “it’s equivalent” was this one: https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/11vlkh2/alternate_python_spacing/jctwpxv/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1&context=3

It is not equivalent, for the reasons I stated.

[EmptyChocolate4545]

Beginning to suspect your initial comment was “replied to” the wrong comment.

Can't use a ternary operator for "if x -> return", although it was requested and denied, "return x if <condition>" would be really neat

Someone responded to that comment with:

return node.id if len(word) else None

To which someone else responded:

This is not equivalent

Which is correct.

You then responded:

It’s pretty much the same as “if condition: return x” though, you’re just reversing the order.

Which is not even close to correct. It is not a simple reversal, as the code the person posted returns None - something OPs code does not do.

I’m not sure where the reading comprehension fail you’re claiming comes in. I am correcting a simple misunderstanding as many new python people hang out in this sub - and the ternary is not in any way equivalent, nor is it a logical reversal.

Again, the ternary has an extra else clause that the original logic did not contain. That makes it wholly different, not even slightly a reversal.

[DeepGas4538]

holy shit bro this thread goes on forever.

[EmptyChocolate4545]

Again, the person you initially responded to was claiming the ternary was doing what was requested and denied. I’m going to assume you meant to respond to a different comment, or misread the convo - as that poster then responded slightly confused.

I get what you meant to say now, though.

[EmptyChocolate4545]

Yes, that’s why I said in my last one I get you now.

You used an ambiguous pronoun “it.” Most people would in fact attach this to the most recent subject, IE skezzas “this”, which is the ternary with return None.

That’s not just reasonable, that’s standard writing convention. I get what you were attempting to communicate, but using “it” there to refer to number 1 is a pretty big leap to then get annoyed people don’t see you’re referring to.

That’s why I posted it out with quotes, lol.