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On 9/19/05, Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger at verizon.net> wrote:
> I propose that in Py3.0, the "and" and "or" operators be simplified to
> always return a Boolean value instead of returning the last evaluated
> argument.

While you're at it, maybe we should switch to && and || as well?
That's another thing I always mistype when switching between
languages...

Also, this proposal needs to be considered together with the addition
of a proper conditional operator, like x?y:z.

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