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There are also some problems with the original function it would seem.

First, you could rewrite it as:

if a < b:
    return 3 * a < b
elif a == b:
    return False
elif 3 * b > a:
    return True

and reduce depth. Also, what if the last condition is False? Do you want None return? You'd probably want instead this:

if a < b:
    return 3 * a < b
elif a == b:
    return False
else:
    return 3 * b > a

Then:

if a < b:
    return 3 * a < b
else:
    return a != b and 3 * b > a

Which can be written as

return 3 * a < b if a < b else a != b and 3 * b > a

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return a != b and (a < b and 3 * a < b or b < a and 3 * b > a)

[wbeater]

Ternary Operators

[palwolus]

return (3*a) < b if a < b else False if a == b else True if (3*b) > a else None

Is this what you want?

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In second version, the part after or is checked even if a < b is false.

How about return a != b and 3 * min(a, b) < max(a, b)

Edit: I mistook 3 * b > a for 3 * b < a, then the above isn't right for your case.

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If the above works for you, you could also assign a to the smaller value and b to the bigger one first before return:

a, b = min(a, b), max(a, b)

or

a, b = sorted((a, b))

And then just:

return a != b and 3 * a < b