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Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 01:36:01 +1000
Subject: Re: Best search algorithm to find condition within a range
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 1:21 AM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Apr 2015 01:02 am, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 12:53 AM, Alain Ketterlin
>> <alain@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> wrote:
>>> Ouch, you're right, I tried to stick with Marko's example and forgot the
>>> basics. I meant "signed ints", but the "removable" condition should be
>>> something like:
>>>
>>>     if ( x>0 && y>0 && z<x )
>>>         ...
>>>
>>> i.e., some condition that is never true (either false or undefined).
>>> Thanks for the correction.
>>
>> Ah, yep. And yes, that's absolutely right - the compiler's allowed to
>> treat that as never true.
>
> Am I missing something? Did you over-trim the quoting?

Yes, because the significant line was about three levels of quote
back, so I didn't bother to go retrieve it. Immediately before the if:

z = x + y;

ChrisA