[Python-Dev] PEP 285: Adding a bool type (original) (raw)

Andrew Koenig ark@research.att.com
05 Apr 2002 09:08:18 -0500

Stuart> On Friday, April 5, 2002, at 01:06 AM, Guido van Rossum wrote:

On Thursday, April 4, 2002, at 02:22 PM, Stuart Bishop wrote:

On a side note, writing 'i or False and True' performs much better

Stuart> I mean (i and True) or (i or False)

This example might evaluate i twice, which means it's not really a fair comparison.

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