Is there any reason for the two AST forms for comparisons? Expr(:call,:<, :a, :b) and Expr(:comparison, :a, :<, :b)both seem to generate the same code though the latter form only get’s generated in expressions with multiple comparisons, e.g. a<b<c

Comparison parsing AST

jpiitula January 25, 2017, 3:58pm 6

Choose whichever form is more convenient to you.

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