Why would I get a TypeEror?

Reinhold Birkenfeld reinhold-birkenfeld-nospam at wolke7.net
Fri Jan 14 14:32:15 EST 2005


It's me wrote:
> Sorry if my question was a little "lazy" and yes, I was asking about the
> "lazy evaluation".  :=)
> 
> I am surprised about this (and this can be dangerous, I guess).
> 
> If this is true, I would run into trouble real quick if I do a:
> 
> (1/x,1.0e99)[x==0]
> 
> and that's not good.
> 
> Something to keep in mind.  :-(

Lazy evaluation: use the (x==0 and 1e99 or 1/x) form!

Reinhold



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