Coding style in CPython implementation

[Ned Batchelder]

On 10/28/17 3:00 PM, Stefan Ram wrote:
> =?UTF-8?B?zqPPhM6tz4bOsc69zr/PgiDOo8+Jz4bPgc6/zr3Or86/z4U=?= <stefanossofroniou542 at gmail.com> writes:
>> What I wanted to ask is, is there a particular reason for not choosing
>    I am not a CPython developer, but here are my 2 cents about
>    the possibilities:
>
>> if (variable == NULL) { ... }
>> if (!variable) { ... }
>    »!variable« is clearer, because it does not depend on the
>    definition of »NULL«. »NULL« is not part of the C language proper.
Especially if NULL is not part of the standard, then you need to write 
"variable == NULL", since "!variable" may not have the same effect after 
"return NULL;" depending on how NULL is defined.
>
>    (I sometimes like to write »if( variable ); else { ... }«.)
Ick.

--Ned.