Dan Bishop wrote: > On May 24, 1:59 am, Tim Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... >> False is just a constant. 0, (), '', [], and False are all constants that >> happen to evaluate to a false value in a Boolean context, but they are not >> all the same. >> >> As a general rule, I've found code like "if x == False" to be a bad idea in >> ANY language. > > I have a job as a C++ programmer, and they make us write it like that, > apparently because the ! operator is hard to see. But "if (x == > TRUE)" is discouraged. > Find a new employer. I'm not joking.
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