Re: Argument of the bool function

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From	Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date	2011-04-08 10:43 -0600
Subject	Re: Argument of the bool function
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
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On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:26 AM, candide <candide@free.invalid> wrote:
>>>> x=42
>>>> bool(x=5)
> True
>>>>
>
>
> but _expression_ :
>
> x=42
>
>
> has no value.

"x=42" is an assignment statement, not an expression.
In "bool(x=5)", "x=5" is also not an expression.  It's passing the
expression "5" in as the parameter x, using a keyword argument.

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  Re: Argument of the bool function Benjamin Kaplan <benjamin.kaplan@case.edu> - 2011-04-08 12:41 -0400
    Re: Argument of the bool function candide <candide@free.invalid> - 2011-04-10 14:54 +0200
      Re: Argument of the bool function Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-04-10 23:02 +1000
        Re: Argument of the bool function Mel <mwilson@the-wire.com> - 2011-04-10 12:21 -0400
          Re: Argument of the bool function "Colin J. Williams" <cjw@ncf.ca> - 2011-04-10 13:51 -0400
          Re: Argument of the bool function Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-04-11 09:46 +1000
          Re: Argument of the bool function Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-04-11 16:00 -0700
  Re: Argument of the bool function Mel <mwilson@the-wire.com> - 2011-04-08 16:42 +0000
  Re: Argument of the bool function Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-04-08 10:43 -0600
    Re: Argument of the bool function candide <candide@free.invalid> - 2011-04-08 23:32 +0200
      Re: Argument of the bool function Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-04-08 15:03 -0700
        Re: Argument of the bool function candide <candide@free.invalid> - 2011-04-09 00:59 +0200
          Re: Argument of the bool function Lie Ryan <lie.1296@gmail.com> - 2011-04-09 15:45 +1000
            Re: Argument of the bool function Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-04-10 03:35 +0000
              Re: Argument of the bool function rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-04-09 21:15 -0700
                Re: Argument of the bool function Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2011-04-10 01:22 -0500
          Re: Argument of the bool function Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2011-04-09 18:22 -0500
            Re: Argument of the bool function candide <candide@free.invalid> - 2011-04-10 02:33 +0200
      Re: Argument of the bool function Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-04-09 07:57 +1000

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