In that case: spam = spam if spam is not None else self.spam The “or” won’t work with zero.
> On Dec 16, 2020, at 11:00 PM, Marco Sulla <marco.sulla.pyt...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 at 19:52, Abdulla Al Kathiri > <alkathiri.abdu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Or more concise >> def method(self, spam, eggs, cheese, *args): >> spam = spam or self.spam >> eggs = eggs or self.eggs >> #etc., The above is equivelent to the following: >> spam = spam if spam else self.spam >> eggs = eggs if eggs else self.eggs >> # I prefer the first approach.. > > What if spam, for example, is zero? > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/2R5BBCBNA6ITHLNSSZYUQPCSGJLY44RT/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/34D7FXYE627QPBKEEHZVSMAWOUYB3EZO/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/