On Aug 18, 12:04 pm, Peter Otten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > George Sakkis wrote: > > I'm probably missing something obvious but I can't put my finger on > > it: > > >>>> (3 in [3]) == True > > True > > >>>> 3 in ([3] == True) > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > > TypeError: argument of type 'bool' is not iterable > > >>>> 3 in [3] == True > > False > > > How/why does the last one evaluate to False ? > > > George > > This works just like a < b < c: > > >>> 3 in [3] and [3] == True > > False > > Peter
Argh, you're right! I think chaining makes sense only for comparison operators, for anything else it's not obvious. That came up from a real bug by the way, it's not made up. George -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
