On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 7:34 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 17:46:32 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > > >> # Display booleans differently if x is True: >> ... display flag >> else: >> ... display number >> >> which would be better represented with "if isinstance(x, bool):" > > Given that True is a singleton, it is redundant to write > > if isinstance(x, bool) and x: > > > I'd write "if x is True" if I really, honestly wanted True specifically.
Right, but if there's a different display for True, there's probably also one for False. if isinstance(x, bool): print("<input type=checkbox" + x * " checked" + " name=foo>Foo") else: print("Foo <input name=foo value=%d>" % x) But you're right that checking for True specifically is best done as an identity check. if x is True: print("[x] Foo") elif x is False: print("[ ] Foo") else: print("Foo:", x) ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list