Raymond Hettinger wrote: > I propose that in Py3.0, the "and" and "or" operators be simplified to > always return a Boolean value instead of returning the last evaluated > argument. > > 1) The construct can be error-prone. When an error occurs it can be > invisible to the person who wrote it. I got bitten in published code > that had survived testing and code review:
Yes, I wondered about that possibility myself. +1 > P.S. Simplifying "and" and "or" may create a need to introduce a > conditional operator but that is a discussion for another day. You would still be able to use multiply to covert a comparison to a value. Cheers, Ron _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
