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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

#25344 — Re: Implicit conversion to boolean in if and while statements

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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