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It's sad that such a common and concise idiom as "x or y" is so perniciously, subtly broken in Python, and that there is no satisfyingly concise equivalent. If

by dilap 16y ago

It's sad that such a common and concise idiom as "x or y" is so perniciously, subtly broken in Python, and that there is no satisfyingly concise equivalent. If I were being cavalier and had an extra wish to burn, I'd request x else y to mean x unless x is None.

eru 16y ago
Make yourself a function.
- dilap 16y ago
  Not so helpful in a strict language (since you want y to be evaluated only when x is None)
  - eru 16y ago
    Yes, that's true. You would need to wrap it in a lambda, but then that's looks horrible and you might as well use an if.