[Python-Dev] ACCEPTED: PEP 285

[Delaney, Timothy]

> From: Andrew Koenig [mailto:ark at research.att.com]
>
> I'd like to suggest that comparisons with True are not only
> unnecessary but dangerous.  Comparisons with False are much
> less dangerous but still unnecessary.

Dangerous was the word I thought of first, but thought "may give incorrect
results" was better.

Comparing with False is just as dangerous as comparing with True ... after
all,

if [] == False:
    do_something

will not do anything ...

Tim Delaney