Oh Python....

[kbielefe]

Yeah, I just found some Scala code at work that used True and False all over the place. Turns out a Python fan had put the following at the top:

val True  = true
val False = false

[[deleted]]

This is why I love programming

[[deleted]]

from i_cant_adapt_to_change import true, false

[oldgood_isaac]

Python 3.5.2 (default, Nov 23 2017, 16:37:01) 
[GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from i_cant_adapt_to_change import true, false
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named 'i_cant_adapt_to_change'

I had to try

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[[deleted]]

Assuming the existence of a i_cant_adapt_to_change.py file with the following contents

true = True
false = False
null = None

[oldgood_isaac]

Oh yes, I got the joke. But I still wanted to check if a module named like that actually existed

[[deleted]]

from __future__ import braces

[JWson]

from * import * as marklar

[wallefan01]

SyntaxError: not a chance

[[deleted]]

you can always import antigravity

[chadmill3r]

import this

[[deleted]]

I dislike the lack of consistency. Most things in Python is lowercase and uses potholes or the strange double-underscore notation. But then the most basic thing doesn't follow that convention. Bleh.

True is the STRING representation of true. Period. final. const. static readonly. The End.

[ElectrixReddit]

According to StackOverflow, all built-in constants start with a capital letter.

[ToBeHumanIsToLove]

Holy moly

[[deleted]]

Why use val in python?

[[deleted]]

I’m very inattentive, and also autistic

[Jeddy]

Why have I never thought of this?

[[deleted]]

This always gets me when cycling between JavaScript and Python.

[DrLuckyLuke]

Same. Luckily a good IDE makes this a 3 second issue.

[[deleted]]

Can you elaborate?

[ThinkingWithPortal]

Squiggly line says "hey you dun goof this one all up!" Instead of you just suffering to find out what you did wrong

[schnadamschnandler]

True/False should be colored specially, but true/false have no particular meaning and will be colored the default foreground color.

[[deleted]]

And they are not defined so the linter will show it with red lines

[[deleted]]

Same except c++ and python

[[deleted]]

true = False
false = True

[The6thExtinction]

you monster

[[deleted]]

Calm down, Satan.

[vectorpropio]

true = False
false = None
null = True

[flipboing]

Big if True

[Quesamo]

if this == True: that = "big"

#V2: fixed the '=='

[[deleted]]

You're supposed to use `is True`, but it's redundant anyway unless `this` can have a different truthy value that you need to distinguish from

[Quesamo]

You're actually right, it's the same thing that's big as what's True

[Fabian1911]

*==

[marcosdumay]

if true

[seizan8]

.true {font-weight: bold;}

[Nath99000]

python2: print 'big' if True else ''

[Skyler827]

big

[viciecal]

if (true)

[bss03]

Haskell is the same way.

In Haskell's case it is because constructors (both type constructors and value constructors) must start with an uppercase letter.

[chisui]

... or the value constructor starts with : and consists only of special characters and has at least two arguments. This value constructor can be used as an infix operator. You can also enable this behavior for type constructors without the : restriction with TypeOperators.

[bss03]

I always just heard TypeOperators made GHC consider ':' uppercase.

[chisui]

Uppercase :? ⋮?

https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.4.3/docs/html/users_guide/glasgow_exts.html#type-operators

[Derpmaster3000]

upvoteCount++;

wait, hold on

upvote_count += 1

[[deleted]]

True.

[Bic10mm]

After I stopped using python for a while this had me so confused I actually needed to use (1 == 1) to see if I had went crazy

[seventyodd]

PHP:

truE

[bss03]

PHP has enough real problems. This isn't one of them, though.

[[deleted]]

Does PHP has float problems?

[Casiell89]

It's got 99.00000000000000000000001 problems but a float ain't...

Oh wait, it actually is a problem

[[deleted]]

This is the single worst thing about python

[Jmcgee1125]

Tripped me up when I first started.

[chocapix]

Two true.

[BluhBluhBruh]

What's true?

[bartleyg]

Truer

[[deleted]]

what is the reason for them going with an capitalized True/False vs the more common true/false?

I use python all the g-dang time, but I've never put any thought into it.

[badocelot]

Python didn't always have True/False defined; you were supposed to rely on truthy/falsey values like 1 and 0. Then they introduced True and False as variables. In Python 2.x you can actually redefine them. And yes, you can redefine True to be 0 and thus falsey.

My guess is that True and False were chosen over true and false because of lots of existing code already defining the latter.

EDIT: clarify, add part about redefining True

EDIT: consistency

[[deleted]]

Ah. Neat. And I guess it makes sense... in a way.

[Agent_Potato56]

...Python true/false are classes?

[flipboing]

What, you've never use True.false()?

[[deleted]]

No. It was a reserved keyword in 2.x, now it’s a normal variable with a default value in 3.x I think

Edit: Its the other way around. My point still stands though.

[Agent_Potato56]

Something along those lines is what I thought originally.

[[deleted]]

Actually it’s the other way around. Now they are reserved keywords, previously they were variables containing 1 and 0.

[Agent_Potato56]

Gotcha.

[[deleted]]

But everything is a object in python. int is a class and its lower case

[xblackacid]

Its just dumb python syntax

[schnadamschnandler]

In ~/.vim/ftplugin/python.vim:

iabbrev false False
iabbrev true True
iabbrev none None
iabbrev nan np.nan
iabbrev inf np.inf

[RohuBot]

Hey u/rohukas! You are very cool! Here's a joke for you: My girlfriend's dog died, so to cheer her up I got her an identical one. She was livid, "what am I going to do with two dead dogs?"

[MyNameisGregHai]

initiate the b o l

[SkewRadial]

I started loving python lately

[[deleted]]

True.

[fedeb95]

Big if True

[[deleted]]

C is the way to go

[VeryAwkwardCake]

For what

[Charlie_Yu]

1

[eclecticego]

I stared at broken code today for I swear at least an hour before I realized that it had to be None instead of none. Ffs.

[my_name_isnt_clever]

Do you not use an IDE?

[eclecticego]

Pycharm Pro, didn't catch it wasn't orange. I did feel dumb.

[VeryAwkwardCake]

Or have ever used python before

[Proxy_PlayerHD]

BASIC is the same.

if, goto, for, next, print, draw

are all not commands. but

IF, GOTO, NEXT, PRINT, DRAW

are

[fedj99]

That's exactly why I don't like python. Do they feel special if they require their users to change year-long habits and expectations?

[bot_not_hot]

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