[Python-Dev] bool conversion wart?

Jonathan Lange jml at mumak.net
Fri Feb 23 02:08:29 CET 2007


On 2/23/07, Neal Becker <ndbecker2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> bool ('False')
> True
>

Non-empty strings are considered True, empty strings are considered
False. This is not a wart, as the behaviour matches that of other
sequences.

cheers,
jml


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