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

Message from discussion 0 == False but [] != False?
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On May 24, 1:59 am, Tim Roberts <t...@probo.com> wrote:
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> 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.