[Python-Dev] bool conversion wart? (original) (raw)

Jonathan Lange jml at mumak.net
Fri Feb 23 02:08:29 CET 2007


On 2/23/07, Neal Becker <ndbecker2 at gmail.com> wrote:

>>> bool ('False') True

Non-empty strings are considered True, empty strings are considered False. This is not a wart, as the behaviour matches that of other sequences.

cheers, jml



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