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From: Donn Cave <d...@u.washington.edu>
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Subject: Re: 0 == False but [] != False?
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 11:16:51 -0700
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In article <WPqdnYlb6LfHcMjbnZ2dnUVZ_urin...@speakeasy.net>,
 Erik Max Francis <m...@alcyone.com> wrote:

> Donn Cave wrote:
> 
> > Anyone who finds this surprising, might enjoy reading this
> > article from the time several years ago when the feature
> > was being considered.  When you have some time - it's long,
> > but interesting.  The present confusion is more directly
> > addressed towards the end.  Yes, it's the Laura Creighton
> > article again:
> > 
> > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/2de5e1c8384c0360
> 
> If so, be sure to click "More options," then "View thread," and then 
> read the responses.  There were many reasonable objections to her points.

Not that it is of no historical interest to review all these
reasonable arguments, but allow me to restore the context quote
from my follow-up:

In article <1179983482.452458.188...@q66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
 Paul McGuire <pt...@austin.rr.com> wrote:

> This has *got* to rank up there among the VFAQ's of them all, along
> with the mysterious shared default empty list argument.  I think this
> particular question has been asked in one form or another at least
> twice a week for the past month!

   Donn Cave, d...@u.washington.edu