Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements

[Albert van der Horst]

In article <b2971c4d-0769-4d03-a7b6-c527629a85c1 at x39g2000yqx.googlegroups.com>,
Ranting Rick  <rantingrickjohnson at gmail.com> wrote:

>We DON'T want Python to silently convert "cost" to a string. What we
>DO want is to force the author to use the str function thereby making
>the conversion explicit.

We do want Python to silently convert "cost" to a string in the
proper context.

cost= 3.75
print( cost )

>
>Same with converting objects to bools.

I think "if" is sufficient context to convert something to a boolean.
It now is a matter of good taste and what fits best in Python as a
whole. Nothing to be dogmatic about.

Groetjes Albert

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