Op 2005-01-14, Fredrik Lundh schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Antoon Pardon wrote: > >>> no, expressions CAN BE USED as statements. that doesn't mean >>> that they ARE statements, unless you're applying belgian logic. >> >> No I am applying set logic. Any string that is in the set of >> valid expressions is also in the set of valid statements. > > since you're arguing that one concept is identical to another concept, that > operation has to work in both directions.
No I'm not. "is" doesn't mean the concepts are the same. >> Like any animal that is in the set of dogs is also in the >> set of mamals. > > and all mammals are dogs? No but every dog is a mammal, and saying that doesn't imply dog and mammal are identical concepts > it this a language problem? do you have problems parsing the statements > you reply to? even when someone explictly says "Given that we are having > this discussion in the context of", you chose to ignore that context. what's > wrong with you? Well IMO I have explained clearly that I understood this in a set logical sense in my first response. It seems you chose to ignore that context. So what's wrong with you? -- Antoon Pardon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
