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On 16/09/2015 18:41, Emile van Sebille wrote:
> On 9/16/2015 10:27 AM, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> On 2015-09-16, Sven R. Kunze <srkunze@mail.de> wrote:
>>> On 16.09.2015 18:57, Random832 wrote:
>>>> I think that chaining should be limited to:
>>>>
>>>> A) all operators are "="
>>>> B) all operators are "is"
>>>> C) all operators are either >= or >
>>>> D) all operators are either <= or <
>>>
> <snip>
>
>> I'm not all that sure A and B should be allowed.
>
> I find A convenient for initializing:
>
> aname = bname = cname = None
>
> Nut I don't recall ever having used is this way.
>
> Emile
>

You're replying to a typo, it should have been "==" not "=".

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