Hmm... An idea: if a,b==c,d:

[Michael Hudson]

Alex Martelli <aleax at aleax.it> writes:

> Richard Dillingham wrote:
> 
> >> It's better written as:
> >>
> >> if coords[0]<=posx<=coords[2] and coords[1]<=posy<=coords[3]:
> > 
> > Hmm.... I just tried that, and am quite amazed to find that it actually
> > works.
> 
> Python comparison operators CHAIN -- a wonderful little trait...

Indeed they do.  There's a wonderful little wart, though.  What does
this:

if 1 in [1] < 2:
  print 1
else:
  print 2

print?

Cheers,
M.
(actually, the answer may be Python version dependent...)

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