What is not explicit about that statement? The evaluation of the variable is well defined in a Boolean context. If you have to write “== true” everytime that’s

What is not explicit about that statement? The evaluation of the variable is well defined in a Boolean context. If you have to write “== true” everytime that’s your own idiosyncratic hangup. It has nothing to do with explicitness, it’s just redundant. The true test was explicit the moment you wrote if (