On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Ranting Rick <rantingrickjohn...@gmail.com> 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 readability counts if we want to create maintainable code > bases! > > if bool(obj) and a==b: # Correct! > if obj and a==b: # Incorrect!
That still doesn't answer the question of what bool(obj) should do if obj is not a bool, and why if can't do the exact same thing, since if, by definition, is looking for a boolean state selector. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
