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From: Donn Cave <d...@u.washington.edu>
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Subject: Re: 0 == False but [] != False?
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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!

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

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