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0 == False but [] != False?
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Subject: Re: 0 == False but [] != False?
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 19:09:09 -0400
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Dan Bishop wrote:
> On May 24, 1:59 am, Tim Roberts <t...@probo.com> wrote:
> ...
>> False is just a constant. 0, (), '', [], and False are all constants that
>> happen to evaluate to a false value in a Boolean context, but they are not
>> all the same.
>>
>> As a general rule, I've found code like "if x == False" to be a bad idea in
>> ANY language.
>
> 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.
regards
Steve
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