Re: [Visualpython-users] using angle brackets for vectors

[Jonathan B. <jbr...@ea...>]

On Fri, 2005-02-18 at 08:44 -0600, Isaac W Hanson wrote:
> < 1e11, 0, 0 > isn't valid Python syntax by itself (although somewhat perversely, "( vector < 1e11, 0, 0 > vector )" is).
> 
> 
> Your last statement confuses me.  Isn't  "( vector < 1e11, 0, 0 > vector 
> )"  a tuple containing an expression (vector is-less-than 1e11), an 
> integer and another expression (zero is-greater-than vector)?  Perhaps I 
> missed something?
> 
>  - Isaac

Yes, that's right.  The __lt__ calls are evaluated right away, so the
result of the expression is a tuple "(False, 0, False)".  I was only
pointing out that it was syntacticly valid, not necessarily useful.

-Jonathan