create boolean

[Rhodri James]

On Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:34:08 -0000, Grant Edwards <invalid at invalid> wrote:

> On 2009-03-06, Fencer <no.spam at plz.ok> wrote:
>
>> Hi, I need a boolean b to be true if the variable n is not
>> None and not an empty list, otherwise b should be false.
>
>> I ended up with:
>
>> b = n is not None and not not n
>
> I'd do it like this:
>
>   b = (n is not None) and (n != [])

The second comparison isn't actually necessary, since an
empty list is True and a non-empty one False.

   b = (n is not None) and n

Putting the comparison in does make the code slightly less
"magic", though, so it's not a bad idea to do it!


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