0 == False but [] != False? - comp.lang.python

Message from discussion 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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