BJörn Lindqvist wrote: > Wouldn't it be possible to omit "and" and "or" to just "then" and "else"? > > x = 3 and 7 or 44 > x = 3 and then 7 or else 44 > x = 3 then 7 else 44 > > And then have another set of and and or for non short-circuiting?
I don't think the OP was suggesting that 'and' and 'or' be non-short-circuiting, only that they coerce their evaluated operands to bool. Short-circuiting vs. non-short-circuiting is an orthogonal issue. -- Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, +--------------------------------------+ University of Canterbury, | A citizen of NewZealandCorp, a | Christchurch, New Zealand | wholly-owned subsidiary of USA Inc. | [EMAIL PROTECTED] +--------------------------------------+ _______________________________________________ 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
