bool and unicode

[Erik Max Francis]

Roman Yakovenko wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> >>> bool( u'True' )
> True
> >>> bool( u'False' )
> True
> >>>
> 
> May somebody explain or give a reference to reason of such behaviour?

Does this give you a hint?

>>> bool('True')
True
>>> bool('False')
True
>>> bool('')
False

The only string, Unicode or not, considered to be false is the null
string.  All other strings are true, even if they spell the word
_false_.

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