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[Python-Dev] Multiple expression eval in compound if statement?

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[Raymond Hettinger]
> > I think it unwise to allow x to be any expression.  Besides altering
> > existing semantics, it leads to code redundancy and to a fragile
> > construct (where the slightest alteration of any of the expressions
> > triggers a silent reversion to O(n) behavior).

[Gerrit Holl]
> What would happen if 'x' were to be an object whose class has a __eq__
> that is defined in an odd way, e.g. having side effects?

Every molecule in your body would simultaneously implode at the speed of
light.


Raymond

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