True inconsistency in Python

Gerrit Holl gerrit at nl.linux.org
Thu Nov 13 15:16:47 EST 2003


Alex Martelli wrote:
(about x vs. bool(x))
> [[ we TOLD Guido people would start on this absurd path, when
>    he added bool, True, and False, but he wouldn't listen...
> ]]

What do double square brackets mean?

(btw, I _do_ use bool ocasionally: I implemented an anytrue() function
 using sum([bool(i) for i in L]), is this wrong?)

Gerrit.

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