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minus-squarejuggling_collielinkfedilinkarrow-up13·7 months agoYou need to be careful here though. You might not intend for 0 and None to mean the same thing.
minus-squareBumblefumble@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-27 months agoSo this won’t do the intended thing if a is 0. Edit: Sorry I meant to reply to the parent comment, realising now you already write the exact same thing.
minus-squareunalivejoy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoAlso if a is an empty collection or str, or false.
minus-squaremaegullinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoActually not sure what you mean by this. By my reckoning, 0 is definitely falsy in Python such that a or b will evaluate to b if a is zero.
minus-squaremaegullinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoWell that’s part of the fun, right!? In all seriousness I very much dislike that zero is falsy in Python. It seems to me illogical and “cute”. Zero is a number much more than an empty container is a container.
You need to be careful here though. You might not intend for
0andNoneto mean the same thing.So this won’t do the intended thing if a is 0.
Edit: Sorry I meant to reply to the parent comment, realising now you already write the exact same thing.
Also if a is an empty collection or str, or false.
Actually not sure what you mean by this. By my reckoning,
0is definitely falsy in Python such thata or bwill evaluate tobif a is zero.Well that’s part of the fun, right!?
In all seriousness I very much dislike that zero is falsy in Python. It seems to me illogical and “cute”. Zero is a number much more than an empty container is a container.