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"Shortcut" should be "short-circuit". 

This closes SF bug #526277.
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Fred Drake 2002-03-08 00:54:43 +00:00
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@ -2039,12 +2039,13 @@ the highest priority, and \code{or} the lowest, so that
course, parentheses can be used to express the desired composition. course, parentheses can be used to express the desired composition.
The Boolean operators \code{and} and \code{or} are so-called The Boolean operators \code{and} and \code{or} are so-called
\emph{shortcut} operators: their arguments are evaluated from left to \emph{short-circuit} operators: their arguments are evaluated from
right, and evaluation stops as soon as the outcome is determined. left to right, and evaluation stops as soon as the outcome is
E.g., if \code{A} and \code{C} are true but \code{B} is false, \code{A determined. For example, if \code{A} and \code{C} are true but
and B and C} does not evaluate the expression C. In general, the \code{B} is false, \code{A and B and C} does not evaluate the
return value of a shortcut operator, when used as a general value and expression \code{C}. In general, the return value of a short-circuit
not as a Boolean, is the last evaluated argument. 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 It is possible to assign the result of a comparison or other Boolean
expression to a variable. For example, expression to a variable. For example,