On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:16:08 +1300, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steven D'Aprano > wrote: > >> On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:27:35 +1300, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> >>> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Cong >>> Ma wrote: >>> >>>> The "if ... != None" is not necessary... "if PatchDatePat.search(f)" >>>> is OK. >>> >>> I don't do that. >> >> Perhaps you should? > > I prefer using explicitly Boolean values for conditions.
Perhaps you do, but there's no evidence of such in your post. bool(PatchDatePat.search(f) != None) would be an "explicitly Boolean value". What you posted was an *implicitly* Boolean value, and not even guaranteed to be Boolean, as __ne__ can return any object it likes. And yes, such a call to bool would be pointless. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
