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Erik Max Francis  
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 More options May 25 2007, 9:39 am
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From: Erik Max Francis <m...@alcyone.com>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 16:39:31 -0700
Local: Fri, May 25 2007 9:39 am
Subject: Re: 0 == False but [] != False?
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Steve Holden wrote:
> Dan Bishop wrote:

>> I have a job as a C++ programmer, and they make us write it like that,
>> apparently because the ! operator is hard to see.  But "if (x ==
>> TRUE)" is discouraged.

> Find a new employer. I'm not joking.

Really.  He's not.  That's a perfect example of a style guideline that
not only wastes energy, misses the point, but is totally wrong.

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