Everyone in this thread should absolutely read Lewis Caroll's delightful
and "What the Tortoise Said to Achilles." It's a very short 3-page story
that addressed exactly this topic in 1895... even before Guido's Time
Machine.
One free copy of the public domain work is at:
https://wmpeople.wm.edu/asset/index/cvance/Carroll
On Sun, Aug 22, 2021 at 8:30 PM Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, Aug 22, 2021 at 07:01:28PM +0300, Serhiy Storchaka wrote:
(len(collection) == 0) is True
Ha ha, yes, very good, you got me. But the trouble is, if you don't trust the truth value of the predicate, it is hard to know when to stop:
len(collection) == 0 (len(collection) == 0) is True ((len(collection) == 0) is True) is True (((len(collection) == 0) is True) is True) is True ((((len(collection) == 0) is True) is True)) is True # ...
*wink*
MRAB and Ricky:
`__builtins__` is a CPython implementation detail and is reserved for the interpreter's private use. Other implementations may not even have it. The right way to write your code should be
import builtins builtins.bool((builtins.len(collection) == 0) is True) is True
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