Conditional expressions/operators, including e.g. the `?:` ternary operator in C-like languages, typically have about the lowest precedence, higher only than th

Conditional expressions/operators, including e.g. the `?:` ternary operator in C-like languages, typically have about the lowest precedence, higher only than the assignment operators (and the comma operator in C-like languages). It's not just a Python thing; you'll find `+` having higher precedence basically everywhere. Think of x = 1 + 2 if True else 3 like a shorthand for: if True: x = 1 + 2 else: x = 3 which can be a common pattern in languages that don't really have conditional expressions, like bash.