Re: [Python-Dev] Suirprise!

On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 08:04:21PM -0700, Paul Prescod wrote:

The following grammar would preserve it and outlaw confusing cases:

comparison: in_comparison | is_comparison | math_comparison math_comparison: expr (math_comp_op expr)* in_comparison: expr ('in' | 'not' 'in' expr)* is_comparison: expr ('is' | 'is' 'not' expr)* math_comp_op: '<'|'>'|'=='|'>='|'<='|'<>'|'!='

Won't work. Python's parser can't handle it. I also don't think the grammar really matters that much -- it's the compiler that does the actual chaining, it could decide not to chain and force a specific order, if it really wanted to. And generate warnings and all that :)