On Jul 16, 3:03 pm, Ranting Rick <rantingrickjohn...@gmail.com> wrote: > But if you are going to argue that "if obj" is *explicit enough*, then > apply your argument consistently to "String"+1.75 also. Why must we be > explicit about string conversion BUT not boolean conversion?
What _other_ than booleans can you expect a condition to reduce down to? Seriously. What might you possibly expect 'obj' in 'if obj' to be? Tuesday? The colour mauve? That sinking feeling that you're entering into a debate that's far above your ability to understand it? Now: as an expression "String"+1.75 can be _anywhere_, so _what_ you want will very much be contextual. Do you want "String1.75"? Do you want float("String") + 1.75? Do you want it to error? So yes, here you very much need to be explicit. > Can you reduce this to the absurd? You've already taken care of that. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list