Boolean tests [was Re: Attack a sacred Python Cow]

[Erik Max Francis]

Carl Banks wrote:

> That's not what I was asking for.  I was asking for a use case for "if
> x" that can't be replaced by a simple explicit test.  Your example
> didn't satisfy that.

It's a completely artificial request.  "if x" _is_ a completely simple 
test.  Simpler, in fact, than the ones you were advocating.

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