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On 16/09/2015 21:39, Carl Meyer wrote:
> On 09/16/2015 02:29 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote:
>> On 16/09/2015 18:53, Sven R. Kunze wrote:
>>> On 16.09.2015 19:39, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>>>> node = left <= ptr => right
>>>
>>> Wow. I have absolutely no idea what this is supposed to mean. Do you
>>> care to elaborate?
>>>
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Sven
>>
>> Simple, straight forward easy to read bit of Python, where is the
>> problem?  node is bound to the boolean ptr is greater than or equal to
>> left and right.
>
> Except it's a SyntaxError because Python has no => operator.
>
> Carl
>

Yes, Steven has made this mistake elsewhere.

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