[Python-ideas] Boolean value of file object? (original) (raw)
Steven D'Aprano steve at pearwood.info
Sun Jan 8 03:06:51 CET 2012
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Mike Meyer wrote:
Just an off-the-wall thought.
Is there any reason a file object's boolean value shouldn't be false once it's been closed?
Is there any reason it should?
There's nothing false-like about a closed file object. Truthy and falsy objects should map to "something" vs "nothing" or "non-empty" vs "empty", not "some arbitrary flag that might be useful sometimes".
-- Steven
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