>Comparisons can be chained, and is evaluated from left to right. For >example, x < y <= z is equivalent to (x < y) <= z.
The proposed 'correction' above is incorrect and should be ignored. >>> x,y,z = 2,3,1 >>> x<y<=z 0 >>> (x<y)<=z 1 Terry J. Reedy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list