3>0 is True

[Michael Ricordeau]

Not really true for ">" and "is" :
  http://docs.python.org/reference/expressions.html#evaluation-order

Operator ">" and operator "is" are in the same precedence but in group Comparisons :
  "Operators in the same box group left to right (except for comparisons, including tests, which all have the same precedence and chain from left to right — see section Comparisons"
  The important words here are :
     "all have the SAME PRECEDENCE and chain from left to right"

 See also :
  http://docs.python.org/reference/expressions.html#comparisons


So for :
  >>> 3 > 0 is True

  #first evaluation is :
  >>> 3 > 0  ---> True
  #second evaluation is :
  >>> 0 is True  ---> False  (and second evaluation is not result of first one !)



Le Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:47:11 +0200,
Michael Ricordeau <michael.ricordeau at gmail.com> a écrit :

> Because "is" operator take precedence on ">" operator .
> 
> Le Wed, 15 Sep 2010 05:34:06 -0700 (PDT),
> Yingjie Lan <lanyjie at yahoo.com> a écrit :
> 
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > I am not sure how to interprete this, in the interactive mode:
> > 
> > >>> 3>0 is True
> > False
> > >>> (3>0) is True
> > True
> > >>> 3> (0 is True)
> > True
> > 
> > Why did I get the first 'False'? I'm a little confused.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance for anybody who shed some light on this. 
> > 
> > YL
> > 
> > 
> >