str % vals -like idea but for statements (was Re: PEP-308 a "simplicity-first" alternative)

Erik Max Francis max at alcyone.com
Wed Feb 12 18:35:00 EST 2003


Andrew Koenig wrote:

> >> I don't think I will ever fully get used to 'and' being of type
> >>
> >> (bool, T) -> T
> 
> > It's not.  It's (T, T) -> T!
> 
> It's (T1, T2) -> union(T1, T2)

If we want to be completely anal, shouldn't it be

	T1 x T2 -> T1 U T2

where x is the Cartesian product and U is the set union operator?  :-)

Your left hand side there is just an ordered pair of sets, rather than a
set of ordered pairs :-).

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