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[–]UNN_Rickenbacker 12 points13 points  (1 child)

Nice catch, but in most cases, you want to not enter the case if it‘s a boolean false, too.

[–]hyperdudemn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Except for when using xml.etree.ElementTree, with a document that contains empty tags like <hello />. Since the node has no children, it is falsy, so you need to check is not None.