[Python-Dev] Wither PEP 335 (Overloadable Boolean Operators)?

Jason Orendorff jason.orendorff at gmail.com
Sat May 19 14:41:32 CEST 2007


On 5/18/07, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> While reviewing PEPs, I stumbled over PEP 335 ( Overloadable Boolean
> Operators) by Greg Ewing.

-1.  "and" and "or" affect the flow of control.  It's a matter
of taste, but I feel the benefit is too small here to add
another flow-control quirk.  I like that part of the language
to be simple.

Anyway, if this *is* done, logically it should cover
"(... if ... else ...)" as well.  Same use cases.

-j


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