alf a écrit : > Hi, > > I have a reference to certain objects. What is the most pythonic way to > test for valid reference: > > if obj:
Don't do this: for o in [0, '', [], {}, ()]: print obj, bool(obj), obj is None > if None!=obs: In python, assignement is a statement, not an expression, so there's no way you could write 'if obj = None' by mistake (-> syntax error). So this style is unpythonic. Also, None is a singleton, and identity test is way faster than equality test. > if obj is not None: That's the good one. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list