On 5 October 2012 10:35, Victor Churchill <victorchurch...@gmail.com> wrote:
[snip]
> ( for comparison Perl can be a minefield, where any of the null string '',
> the integer 0, and an undefined value undef are all false.)

It hardly ever causes problems in Perl land though since all the
'false' values correspond to 'empty' in one way or another (empty
string, zero number, zero length array, empty hash, etc.) Once you're
used to the convention it reads quite naturally IMHO.

Adrian
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