Operator precedences

[Steven Taschuk]

Quoth Hans Nowak:
  [...]
> 3 < 2 < 1 is equivalent to 3 < 2 and 2 < 1, including the shortcut effect of 
> the and operator.

But not including any side-effects of the middle expression:
    >>> def spam():
    ...     global i
    ...     i += 1
    ...     return i
    ...
    >>> i = 0
    >>> 0 < spam() < 2
    1
    >>> i = 0
    >>> 0 < spam() and spam() < 2
    0

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