Python’s operator chaining is mildly interesting

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Nary a week ago, I typed a harmless expression into my Memphis REPL: 4 == 4 == 4 . My REPL’s response? False . I’m glad it can speak its mind, but the gall! Apparently, you can’t just treat a chain of comparison operators like a tree of binary expressions. According to my BlueSky timestamps , it took me 13 minutes to figure this out. And I’m here today so you don’t make the same misunderstanding I…

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