order of test

[Erik Max Francis]

William Dode wrote:

> can we be sure of the order of a test expression ?
> i mean that
> t=["one","two"]
> x=10
> if x<2 and t[x]=="oups":
> 
> will never throw an exception if t[2] will be tested before x<2

Yes.  In Python, the and, or operators are short-circuiting.

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