query regarding python script

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Shubhra Gupta wrote:

> 
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I have the following statement in one my python script :-
>> 
>> assert not opt_initialize or os.path.exists(initdir), "initialize implies
>> init directory"

As the or-operator is non-strict, the right side of it gets only evaluated
if the left is False. So the comment pretty much says it: If opt_initialize
is True, the not negates it and then the os.path.exists(initdir) is
executed - but orly then.
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Regards,

Diez B. Roggisch