[Python-ideas] Break the dominance of boolean values in boolean context

[Amaury Forgeot d'Arc]

Hi,

Le 15 sept. 2011 19:55, "Alexander Belopolsky" <
alexander.belopolsky at gmail.com> a écrit :
> Did you consider that in a typical "if any(S):" construct,
> x.__bool__() will be called twice on the found object?  It is not
> unheard of to have expensive __bool__().  For example in a vector
> library a vector may be considered "false" if all its components are
> zero

It is the same for "a or b", even when a is true.

-- 
Amaury
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