[MATRIX-SIG] array objects and if?

[Christine Pao]

I've just run into a problem using if:

>>> if Numeric.array([]):
...     print 1
... else:
...     print 0
... 
0

This is what I would expect, but

>>> if Numeric.array([0]):
...     print 1
... else:
...     print 0
... 
0

and

>>> if Numeric.zeros((3,3)):
...     print 1 
... else:
...     print 0
... 
0

isn't the way other sequences behave.

I don't know if this has come up before.
Is this what is supposed to happen?

Thanks,
Christine Pao

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