On 25/10/2007, Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm wondering about "if lapTimeFlag:". Following "The Zen of Python", by > Tim Peters ("Explicit is better than implicit"), isn't "if lapTimeFlag == > True" preferable?
No :-) Otherwise, maybe we should make it even more explicit: if (lapTimeFlag == True) == True: ...but that still requires the reader to understand that the body of the if: block will only execute if ((lapTimeFlag == True) == True) == True.. (hmm, reminds me of Lewis Carroll's modus ponens paradox) -- John. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor