Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements

[Albert van der Horst]

In article <50038364$0$29995$c3e8da3$5496439d at news.astraweb.com>,
Steven D'Aprano  <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
>On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 18:21:06 -0700, Ranting Rick wrote:
>
>> If HOWEVER we want to "truth test" an object (as in: "if obj") we should
>> be FORCED to use the bool! Why? Because explicit is better than implicit
>
>And this is why Rick always writes code like:
>
>integer_value_three = int(1) + int(2)
>assert (int(integer_value_three) == \
>    int(3) is True) is True, str("arithmetic failed")
>list_containing_three_values_which_are_all_integers_but_might_later_have_more_or_fewer_values_or_other_types = list([1, 2, integer_value_three])
>
>because you can never have too much explicitness. Who wouldn't want
>to read code like that?

Java programmers?

(Couldn't resist ;-) )

>--
>Steven

Groetjes Albert

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