They are called Python Logic Short Circuits. A good way to remember this is here
http://uthcode.appspot.com/blog/2011/07/Python-Logic-short-circuits#comment-266357377 For your other question, an empty list is always fast. -- Senthil On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 10:28:43PM +0530, Ganesh Kumar wrote: > > Did I learn something today? If not, I wasted it. (Don't be so hard on yourself. :) ) _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers