I reported it. I feel all grown up now. Kind of like one of the boys(girls...)
Clayton:<) >-----Original Message----- >From: Tutor [mailto:tutor-bounces+crk=godblessthe...@python.org] On >Behalf Of Ben Finney >Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 3:24 PM >To: tutor@python.org >Subject: [Tutor] “has a value of True” versus “evaluates true” (was: >don't understand iteration) > >"Clayton Kirkwood" <c...@godblessthe.us> writes: > >> Also of confusion, the library reference says: >> >> Match objects always have a boolean value of True. Since match() and >> search() return None when there is no match, you can test whether >> there was a match with a simple if statement: >> >> match = re.search(pattern, string) >> if match: >> process(match) > >The documentation is incorrect, as you point out: “have a boolean value >of True” implies that the value is identical to the built-in ‘True’ >constant, which is never the case for these objects. > >Instead, the passage above should say “evaluates true in a boolean >context”. > >Would you be so kind as to report a bug to that effect ><URL:http://bugs.python.org/>? > >-- > \ “The Vatican is not a state.… a state must have people. There | > `\ are no Vaticanians.… No-one gets born in the Vatican except by | >_o__) an unfortunate accident.” —Geoffrey Robertson, 2010-09-18 | >Ben Finney > >_______________________________________________ >Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org >To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor