'if name is not None:' v. 'if name:'

[J. Cliff Dyer]

On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 14:37 -0400, Victor Noagbodji wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> what's the difference between these two statement? And which one should one use?
> 

Aside: Please include all relevant information in the *body* of your
post, not just the subject header.

The two statements in question are:

if name is not None:

and 

if name:

The difference?

name=''
if name is not None:
    print "name is not None."
if name:
    print "name is."

Give it a whirl.

Cheers,
Cliff