PEP308: Yet another syntax proposal

[James J. Besemer]

Aahz wrote:
> Dave Brueck  <dave at pythonapocrypha.com> wrote:

>>Short-circuit evaluation is never "necessary" in _any_ language - it's
>>just very, very useful sometimes. Python's 'and' operator doesn't _have_
>>to be a short-circuit operator, but it's far more useful because it is.
> 
> 
> "Far more useful", eh?  You need to argue that, not just claim it.

This has been asked and answered many times.

Or are you saying Python would be better if it's 'and' and 'or' did not short 
circuit?

--jb



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