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

Message from discussion 0 == False but [] != False?

Donn Cave

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More options May 30 2007, 6:31 am

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From: Donn Cave <d...@u.washington.edu>

Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 13:31:14 -0700

Local: Wed, May 30 2007 6:31 am

Subject: Re: 0 == False but [] != False?

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In article <cd2dnRy_aJMF78HbnZ2dnUVZ_t7in...@speakeasy.net>,
Erik Max Francis <m...@alcyone.com> wrote:

> Donn Cave wrote:

> > 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:

> If the counterpoints are of no historical interest, then the original
> point must be of no historical interest either, since it was not widely
> granted as true.

"Not that it is of no historical interest" may have been too
hard to follow, my apologies. I should have said "It may be of
historical interest ...". After that, you lost me, but I guess
I'm not going to worry about it.

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

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