dict1 < dict2 <=> len(dict1) <= len(dict2) ?
Delaney, Timothy
tdelaney at avaya.com
Sun Oct 20 22:18:43 EDT 2002
> From: Tim Peters [mailto:tim.one at comcast.net]
>
> [Tim]
> > 2. Comparing a dict against an empty dict, as in
> >
> > while dict > {}:
>
> [Delaney, Timothy]
> > Do people actually do that Tim? That's brain dead ...
> >
> > while not dict:
>
> No, *that's* brain dead <wink>. What a normal person does is
>
> while dict:
>
> Perhaps those who get burned by writing "not dict" instead
> feel that "dict >
> {}" is clearer. I haven't seen it often in any case.
You just had me laugh out loud at my own idiocy :)
Tim Delaney
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