[docs] [issue26847] filter docs unclear wording
Luke
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Tue Apr 26 00:22:02 EDT 2016
Luke added the comment:
josh, we're saying the same thing but misunderstanding each other. :)
I realize that they can be empty containers, etc., and that's why I think "equal to False" is appropriate -- because those things *are* equal to False:
>>> [] == False
True
>>> 0 == False
True
etc.
However, they are not identical to False:
>>> [] is False
False
>>> 0 is False
False
And that's why I think the wording "are false" is potentially misleading.
Perhaps there's a better wording than "equal to False" (compares equivalently to False? or simply: are falsey? :p), but anyhow, we're identifying the same behaviour here.
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