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[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You need to be careful here though. You might not intend for 0 and None to mean the same thing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

So this won't do the intended thing if a is 0.

Edit: Sorry I meant to reply to the parent comment, realising now you already write the exact same thing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Also if a is an empty collection or str, or false.