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Akshually, implicitly casting any non Boolean type to true or false is no better than implicitly casting “0” to 0. :) B-)

• 7bit 1y ago
  No better based on what criteria? In what language? This is typical in Python and done even by core-devs. It is how the language was designed and it was designed to support that.
  • nothrabannosir 1y ago
    In the "akshually" sense. "Zen of programming" (or "I'm smart because I use the word monoid unironically"). "If is an anti pattern", "null values are an anti pattern", "`string' is an anti-type", "util libraries are an anti pattern", etc. And of course "boolean is an anti type" but let's not get into that. :D (Nor into the value of "idiomatic python" as an argument on healthy programming habits....)
    • 7bit 1y ago
      Ah got it. Based on personal opinion. Thanks for explaining.
      • nothrabannosir 1y ago
        You’re welcome! ;)