On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 9:28 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > Technically, < in Python is left-associative: a < b < c first evaluates > a, not b or c. But it is left-associative under the rules of comparison > operator chaining, not arithmetic operator chaining.
Left-associativity is when a < b < c is equivalent to (a < b) < c. You're talking about evaluation order, which can be different. For example, hypothetically, (a < b) < c could evaluate c first, then b, then a. However, Python always evaluates operands left-to-right. A particular case where this comes into play is the ** operator, which is right-associative but still has a left-to-right evaluation order. -- Devin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
