'if foo' calls getattr?!?

[Joseph J. Strout]

Hi Gordon,

>In which case "if foo is not None" will be the fastest and
>closest-to-your-intention test possible. (But "if foo != None" will
>get you right back to where you are now!).

Yep, that's what I'm looking for.  (I had tried "if foo != None" 
already, but I rarely use "is" and "is not", so it didn't even occur 
to me to try.)

Thanks,
-- Joe

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