Re: Atoms, Identifiers, and Primaries

2013-04-17 Thread Bruce McGoveran
trying to ask. In general terms, I am trying to understand how Python evalutes the expression x and y in this context. For my sanity's sake (and, perhaps, for yours) I will stop there. I send thanks in advance for any thoughts you have on my questions. On Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:57:25

Atoms, Identifiers, and Primaries

2013-04-16 Thread Bruce McGoveran
These are terms that appear in section 5 (Expressions) of the Python online documentation. I'm having some trouble understanding what, precisely, these terms mean. I'd appreciate the forum's thoughts on these questions: 1. Section 5.2.1 indicates that an identifier occurring as an atom is a n

Re: Understanding Boolean Expressions

2013-04-16 Thread Bruce McGoveran
Thank you all for thoughts. I'm just about to post another question about atoms and primaries. If you have a moment to look it over, I would appreciate your thoughts. Many thanks in advance. On Tuesday, April 16, 2013 6:19:25 PM UTC-4, Bruce McGoveran wrote: > Hello. I am new to th

Understanding Boolean Expressions

2013-04-16 Thread Bruce McGoveran
Hello. I am new to this group. I've done a search for the topic about which I'm posting, and while I have found some threads that are relevant, I haven't found anything exactly on point that I can understand. So, I'm taking the liberty of asking about something that may be obvious to many rea