"Steven D'Aprano" <st...@pearwood.info> wrote

isThumbnail = True if size == "thumbnail" else False

That is technically correct, you could do that. That's a good example of the syntax of the `if` expression, but it's a bad example of where to
use it:

In the sense that an equality test will always give a real
boolean value as a result I agree. But in the more generic
case where we use an expressiioon as a boolean it can
be usful. Specifically if the test involves boolean
operators Python does not return True/False but the
values of the operands. In that case using the if/else
form yields a  real boolean result.

eg

flag = True if  (smoeValue or another) else False

is different to

flag = someValue or another

Which was why I thought it worth pointing out that the if/else
could be used.

with all due respect to Alan who suggested it. It really is an
unnecessarily complicated and verbose way of doing a
simple assignment,

In the case of an equality test I agree.

--
Alan Gauld
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/


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