[Tutor] __and_ and and_

[Joseph J. Strout]

At 5:57 PM +0100 10/18/99, Arne Mueller wrote:

>Why doesn't the 'in-operator' '__and__' behave the same way as 'and_'?

Because __and__ is the special method for overriding '&' (bitwise 
and), not 'and' (Boolean and).  You didn't override the latter, so it 
does what it normally does -- if both arguments are true, it returns 
the first one.

I don't see a way to override the 'and' or 'or' operators... you 
might be stuck using & and | instead.  Anybody have a better idea?

Cheers,
-- Joe

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