0 == False but [] != False?

[Steve Holden]

Dan Bishop wrote:
> On May 24, 1:59 am, Tim Roberts <t... at probo.com> wrote:
> ...
>> False is just a constant.  0, (), '', [], and False are all constants that
>> happen to evaluate to a false value in a Boolean context, but they are not
>> all the same.
>>
>> As a general rule, I've found code like "if x == False" to be a bad idea in
>> ANY language.
> 
> I have a job as a C++ programmer, and they make us write it like that,
> apparently because the ! operator is hard to see.  But "if (x ==
> TRUE)" is discouraged.
> 
Find a new employer. I'm not joking.

regards
  Steve
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