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On 16/03/24 21:15, Barry via Python-list wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 15 Mar 2024, at 19:51, Thomas Passin via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote:
>>
>> I've always like writing using the "or" form and have never gotten bit
> 
> I, on the other hand, had to fix a production problem that using “or” introducted.
> I avoid this idiom because it fails on falsy values.

As with any other facility, one has to understand ALL implications!

It must be one of those intensely-frustrating errors to track-down, 
which is then oh-so-simple to fix!

Are you able to list (real, if suitably anonymised) examples of where 
the truthy/falsy was inappropriate, please?

-- 
Regards,
=dn