On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:30:33 +0000, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Use short-circuit Booleans: > > y = x or "blah"
Except of course you don't use x, you use the complex expression. y = (some complex expression) or "blah" Sorry for the itchy posting finger. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list