> isnt there a mathematical function called "AND" and you can and two
> numbers to determine a bit value?
>
> ....tony
>
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> its only looks good to those who can see bad as well
> -anonymous
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barney Boisvert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 7:01 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: Boolean Inconsistency
>
> But it's not changing the values, it's only coercing them as much as it
> needs for evaluation. Not like a function call that returns boolean.
> It one of the little bits of weirdness that are present in loosely-typed
> languages.
>
> Cheers,
> barneyb
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Scott Brady [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 3:45 PM
> > To: CF-Talk
> > Subject: RE: Boolean Inconsistency
> >
> > Original Message:
> > > From: "Barney Boisvert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Actually, I
> > > think what's happening is CF is returning the
> > value of the last
> > > evaluated portion of the _expression_. In the first, both
> > need evaluation, so
> > > we return 3, the second one. If the second, only the first
> > needs evaluation
> > > (becase we know the _expression_ can't be true if either part
> > is false), so
> > > false is returned.
> > >
> > > That's just a guess though.
> >
> > Looks like that was a good guess. I tried swapping it to be
> > #(3 and True)# and it does display true.
> >
> > So, that explains what it does. It sure doesn't explain why.
> > That just seems retarded. It seems like it should return the
> > boolean result, and not "whatever was last evaluated".
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Scott
> >
>
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