[Tutor] Bug in python

[John Fouhy]

On 20/02/06, Kermit Rose <kermit at polaris.net> wrote:
> >>> 8*a%2
> 0
> The * is being given equal  priority to %.
>
> Why isn't % given higher priority than *?

Calling it a bug is a bit harsh when it's documented that way :-)

See: http://docs.python.org/ref/summary.html

*, / and % all have the same precedence.  I guess the reasoning is
that / is (approximately) the inverse of * and % is "remainder after
/".

> Also,  why am I getting a syntax error  in the following?

When you're using the interactive interpreter, you need to end a
function definition with an extra carriage return.
(at least, that's the way it works in the console version)

eg:

>>> def foo():
...  pass
... def bar():
  File "<stdin>", line 3
    def bar():
      ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

vs:

>>> def foo():
...  pass
...
>>> def bar():
...  pass
...
>>>

HTH!

--
John.