>>>>> "GvR" == Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:
GvR> For the first time, we'll have a standard way to cast an
GvR> arbitrary value to a normalized truth value. Currently we
GvR> write "not not x" for that. Now *that* is ugly.
That's a huge benefit I hadn't thought of. I use that idiom often
because it's a cheap substitute for the lack of a ?: statement. But
it does confound a lot of people!
-Barry
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