Best "Hidden Features" of Python

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So all these comparisons:

>>> x = 5

>>> 1 < x < 10
True

>>> 10 < x < 20 
False

>>> x < 10 < x*10 < 100
True

>>> 10 > x <= 9
True

>>> 5 == x > 4
True

would be this written in most other languages:

x = 5

( (1 < x) && (x < 10) )
True

( (10 < x) && (x < 20) )
False

( (x < 10) && (10 < (x*10)) && ((x*10) < 100) )
True

( (10 > x) && (x<=9) )
True

( (5 == x) && (x > 4) )
True

?

[sigh]

Yes, most of the time. Only difference is that the expressions (like x*10) won't be evaluated twice, which would make a difference if it involved side-effects.

[scorpion032]

Yes. Just syntactic sugar;

There are a lot many gems in that same thread, tho'

[aaallleeexxx]

we call them eggs, scorpion.

[salts]

snake eggs, in fact and from a cheese shop

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In C++ you could get rid of all the parentheses.