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Re: Eval of expr with 'or' and 'and' within

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On 14/6/2013 7:42 μμ, Nobody wrote:
> Python implements these operators by returning the actual value which
> determined the result of the expression rather than simply True or False.

which in turn the actual value being returned is a truthy or a falsey.

That cleared the mystery in my head entirely.
I wouldn't have asked so many follow-up questions in the thread if i 
received that kind of a response.

Thank you very much for this response.

> If the result is known after evaluating the first argument, the first
> argument is returned. If it has to evaluate the second argument, the
> second argument is returned (by that point it has already forgotten
> the value of the first argument).

So, the less it has to calculate to determine the correct result of an 
expression the better.

Thanks again very much.

-- 
What is now proved was at first only imagined!

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