Re: True == 1 weirdness

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On Fri, Sep 18, 2015, at 08:30, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Sep 2015 07:26 am, Random832 wrote:
> 
> > I don't even think chaining should
> > work for all *actual* comparison operations.
> 
> I don't see why. Mathematicians chain comparisons all the time. If the
> language implements the same semantics as mathematicians already use, why
> do you dislike that?

Please provide a citation for this claim.
 
> Only if the comparisons are transitive, which they may not be. 

My *entire point* is that it *shouldn't be used* for non-transitive
comparisons!!!

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Re: True == 1 weirdness Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2015-09-18 08:47 -0400
  Re: True == 1 weirdness Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-09-18 23:14 +1000
    Re: True == 1 weirdness Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2015-09-18 09:40 -0400
      Re: True == 1 weirdness Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2015-09-19 19:19 +1200
    Re: True == 1 weirdness Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-09-18 14:24 -0400
    Re: True == 1 weirdness Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2015-09-18 15:12 -0400
      Re: True == 1 weirdness Jussi Piitulainen <harvesting@makes.email.invalid> - 2015-09-19 09:23 +0300
    Re: True == 1 weirdness Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-09-18 15:13 -0600
    Re: True == 1 weirdness Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2015-09-18 17:21 -0400

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