Use if-expression.

chrish42 · chrish42 · commit 02f90d5b3a4a · 2016-06-02T16:46:16.000-07:00
diff --git a/pandas/io/tests/test_pytables.py b/pandas/io/tests/test_pytables.py
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
 
 from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 
-_default_compressor = LooseVersion(tables.__version__) >= '2.2' \
-    and 'blosc' or 'zlib'
+_default_compressor = ('blosc' if LooseVersion(tables.__version__) >= '2.2'
+                       else 'zlib')
 
 _multiprocess_can_split_ = False
 
