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[–] lime@feddit.nu 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

no, the linked table shows how python also returns the first non-falsey result of an a or b expression rather than just giving a boolean. it's useful for initialising optional reference args:

def foo(a: list = None)
    a = a or []

works with and as well.