[Python-ideas] Add __nonzero__ to threading.Event

[Aahz]

On Sun, May 10, 2009, Floris Bruynooghe wrote:
>
> I was wondering why threading.Event hasn't got the __nonzero__ special
> attribute?  I think it would allow for code to be more pythonic if you
> could just do "if e: ..." instead of "if e.isSet(): ..."
> (or "if e.is_set(): ..." in 2.6+).
> 
>  [...] 
> 
> Is it worth submitting this to the tracker or is there some reason why
> this is a bad idea that I've missed?

Please submit to the tracker so that even if it *is* a bad idea it will
get recorded.
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