[Python-ideas] Please reconsider the Boolean evaluation of midnight

[Alexander Belopolsky]

On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Shai Berger <shai at platonix.com> wrote:

> So, I rephrase my request: Would anybody object to a silent warning issued
> whenever a time-object is evaluated as Boolean?
>

I would.  Users should not be penalized for using a documented behavior.
 There are legitimate uses for bool(midnight) being False.  Midnight is
special in many contexts.  For example, it is uncertain whether midnight
belongs to the previous or next day.  If your application wants to group
midnight differently from other times - it is perfectly fine to use "if
dt.time()" instead of a more verbose "if dt.time() != datetime.time(0, 0)".
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