On Sun, 01 Jul 2012 21:50:29 -0400, Devin Jeanpierre wrote: > On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 9:28 PM, Steven D'Aprano > <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: >> Technically, < in Python is left-associative: a < b < c first evaluates >> a, not b or c. But it is left-associative under the rules of comparison >> operator chaining, not arithmetic operator chaining. > > Left-associativity is when a < b < c is equivalent to (a < b) < c. > > You're talking about evaluation order, which can be different. For > example, hypothetically, (a < b) < c could evaluate c first, then b, > then a. However, Python always evaluates operands left-to-right. > > A particular case where this comes into play is the ** operator, which > is right-associative but still has a left-to-right evaluation order.
Yes, you are right, my mistake. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
