[Python-Dev] Re: ANN: PEP 335: Overloadable Boolean Operators

[Shane Holloway (IEEE)]

Tim Hochberg wrote:
 > that there are no use
 > cases for the custom short circuiting yet, we then just drop scand/scor
 > until a compelling use case shows up, if it ever does.

A boolean calculus (predicate) engine would make use of 
short-circuiting.  Or perhaps a state machine would make use of this 
feature.  I agree with Greg that I'd rather the implementation be 
"complete".  Computer Scientists have already been down this road, and 
we know that there are two useful forms.  :)

I like [__and1__, __and__, __or__, __or1__] -- the abbreviation would 
have to be documented anyway, and the '1' says "one argument: self" to me.

Respectfully,
-Shane Holloway