如何使用not和or简化布尔表达式？

Question

我有以下布尔表达式：

not (start_date > b or s > end_date)

如何简化它？

def is_date_in_items(end_date, start_date, items):
    b, s = _get_biggest_and_smallest_date(items)
    return not (start_date > b or s > end_date)

Answer 1

not (start_date > b or s > end_date)

// is equivalent to 
not(start_date > b) and not(s > end_date)

// which is equivalent to 
start_data <= b and s <= end_date

这来自De Morgan's Laws，其中指出：

¬(P OR Q) <=> (¬P) AND (¬Q) 

Answer 2

你可以缩短一点：

start_date <= b and s <=end_date