[Tutor] “has a value of True” versus “evaluates true” (was: don't understand iteration)

[Clayton Kirkwood]

I reported it. I feel all grown up now. Kind of like one of the boys(girls...)

Clayton:<)


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>Subject: [Tutor] “has a value of True” versus “evaluates true” (was:
>don't understand iteration)
>
>"Clayton Kirkwood" <crk at godblessthe.us> writes:
>
>> Also of confusion, the library reference says:
>>
>> Match objects always have a boolean value of True. Since match() and
>> search() return None when there is no match, you can test whether
>> there was a match with a simple if statement:
>>
>> match = re.search(pattern, string)
>> if match:
>>     process(match)
>
>The documentation is incorrect, as you point out: “have a boolean value
>of True” implies that the value is identical to the built-in ‘True’
>constant, which is never the case for these objects.
>
>Instead, the passage above should say “evaluates true in a boolean
>context”.
>
>Would you be so kind as to report a bug to that effect
><URL:http://bugs.python.org/>?
>
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>Ben Finney
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