On May 23, 11:53 pm, Rajarshi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a slightly naive question, but I know that 0 can be used to > represent False. So > > >>> 0 == False > > True > > But, I know I can use [] to represent False as in > > >>> if not []: print 'empty' > > ... > empty > > But then doing the following gives a surprising (to me!) result > > >>> [] == False > > False > > Could anybody point out why this is the case? > > Thanks, > Rajarshi
This has *got* to rank up there among the VFAQ's of them all, along with the mysterious shared default empty list argument. I think this particular question has been asked in one form or another at least twice a week for the past month! -- Paul -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
