On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 17:58 +0530, Krishna wrote:
> >>> 1 or 2 and 3
> 1
>
> Why does the above expression return 1? As per my understanding of
> boolean operations, this is what should have happaned:
>
> 1 or 2 => 1 and then
> 1 and 3 => 3
>
> The library reference also suggests that 'or' has h
has a higher priority than (as shown on the page you
referenced -its "ascending priority"). Perhaps that could be clearer.
I find that brackets always make life easier in these cases (a rare
statement in the Python world :-), and on a personal note I would
always always comment heavily boolean o
>>> 1 or 2 and 3
1
Why does the above expression return 1? As per my understanding of
boolean operations, this is what should have happaned:
1 or 2 => 1 and then
1 and 3 => 3
The library reference also suggests that 'or' has higher priority than 'and'.
http://docs.python.org/lib/boolean.html
Th
