0 == False but [] != False?

Grant Edwards grante at visi.com
Thu May 24 10:14:37 EDT 2007


On 2007-05-24, Rex Turnbull <rex at no_spam.dicad.de> wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano :
>> On Thu, 24 May 2007 06:59:32 +0000, Tim Roberts wrote:
>> 
>>> As a general rule, I've found code like "if x == False" to be a bad idea in
>>> ANY language.
>> 
>> 
>> Surely that should be written as "if (x == False) == True"?
>
> Why compare to False?

That's a joke... I say, that's a joke, son!

He was being sarcastic.  

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