On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 12:03 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 22:15:13 -0400, Devin Jeanpierre wrote: > >> For example, instead of "if stack:" or "if bool(stack):", we could use >> "if stack.isempty():". This line tells us explicitly that stack is a >> container. > > isempty is not a container method.
Your entire reply is predicated on this idea that I was talking about writing classes with this extra "isempty" method. No. I was talking about having "isempty" be part of the collection interface, and eliminating polymorphic bool conversion. If you were confused, instead of assuming I meant something patently absurd, you should have asked for a clarification. -- Devin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
