Order of operations Incorrect?

Question

I'm using the Python 3.5.2 shell. I am confused about why this works as it does?

5 > 5**2
False
5 > 5**2 == False
False
(5 > 5**2) == False
True

The order of the operations defines that ** is executed before > which is before == so it should work.

Answer 1

Interesting question! The reason for this behavior is that all the comparison operators in Python have equal precedence and can be chained.

So your second comparison is equivalent to

5 > 25 and 25 == False

which of course evaluates to False. But I agree that in this case, it's not very intuitive.