On Mon, 13 May 2013 19:28:29 +0100, Fábio Santos wrote: > I think it is more readable. When doing more complicated statements I > use != instead, but when it's a single test I prefer not … == > > It's a personal thing. It may also have to do with the fact that I > didn't know python had != when I was a novice. > On 13 May 2013 19:08, "Ned Batchelder" <n...@nedbatchelder.com> wrote: >
I would then still write it as not (x == y) to make it clear to myself & avoid any possible confusion although I think that X != Y is much cleaner. 2 lines from the zen stand out here:- Explicit is better than implicit. in the face of ambiguity refuse the temptation to guess. there are many features of Python (& other languages) i did not now when I started but have adopted once I understood what they were & how they worked. then again use what you are most comfortable with. Practicality beats purity -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
