From: antispam@fricas.org   
      
   Simon Clubley  wrote:   
   > On 2025-08-25, Arne Vajhøj  wrote:   
   >> On 8/24/2025 10:34 PM, Lawrence D?Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> One trick they missed was allowing interval comparisons like this:   
   >>>   
   >>>      if "0" <= ch <= "9" or "a" <= ch <= "f" or "A" <= ch <= "F" :   
   >>>   
   >>> I think only Python has that.   
   >>   
   >> Yes.   
   >>   
   >> But note that the feature is not "interval comparison" but   
   >> "chaining comparison operators".   
   >>   
   >> The above example is very readable and makes sense.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Just don't try getting that code past me without first having used   
   > brackets around the subexpressions. :-)   
      
   Well, brackets would break it:   
      
   >>> 1 < 3 < 4   
   True   
   >>> 1 < (3 < 4)   
   False   
      
   If you want add "can not use brackets inside" as bad feature of Python   
   chaining.   
      
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