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| From | Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements |
| Date | 2012-07-15 11:17 +0200 |
| References | <500280A6.6070608@gmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.2135.1342343843.4697.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
Andrew Berg, 15.07.2012 10:34: > This has probably been discussed before, but why is there an implicit > conversion to a boolean in if and while statements? There isn't. This has nothing to do with "if" or "while". All objects have a truth value in Python, evaluating to True by default (object), unless they implement the test themselves. As Chris said, very convenient. Stefan
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Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2012-07-15 11:17 +0200
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