From 6cb64f9e4650c101179134850f414435abab95ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fred Drake Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 00:54:43 +0000 Subject: "Shortcut" should be "short-circuit". This closes SF bug #526277. --- Doc/tut/tut.tex | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/tut/tut.tex b/Doc/tut/tut.tex index 27f33c9..d7d363c 100644 --- a/Doc/tut/tut.tex +++ b/Doc/tut/tut.tex @@ -2039,12 +2039,13 @@ the highest priority, and \code{or} the lowest, so that course, parentheses can be used to express the desired composition. The Boolean operators \code{and} and \code{or} are so-called -\emph{shortcut} operators: their arguments are evaluated from left to -right, and evaluation stops as soon as the outcome is determined. -E.g., if \code{A} and \code{C} are true but \code{B} is false, \code{A -and B and C} does not evaluate the expression C. In general, the -return value of a shortcut operator, when used as a general value and -not as a Boolean, is the last evaluated argument. +\emph{short-circuit} operators: their arguments are evaluated from +left to right, and evaluation stops as soon as the outcome is +determined. For example, if \code{A} and \code{C} are true but +\code{B} is false, \code{A and B and C} does not evaluate the +expression \code{C}. In general, the return value of a short-circuit +operator, when used as a general value and not as a Boolean, is the +last evaluated argument. It is possible to assign the result of a comparison or other Boolean expression to a variable. For example, -- cgit v0.12