RealWrastling@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 years agoWhat's a word you haven't heard used in years?message-squaremessage-square195linkfedilinkarrow-up1192arrow-down16
arrow-up1186arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a word you haven't heard used in years?RealWrastling@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 years agomessage-square195linkfedilink
minus-squarezero@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up25·3 years agoAs a software developer, I actually use “truthy” and “falsy” pretty regularly for “the computer thinks this value is true/false”
minus-squaremodel_tar_gz@lemmy.worlddeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 years agoJust remember that even though None is Falsy, an array of Nones is Truthy. Gets me every time. I fucking understand it logically (because the array itself exists) but damnit if I can make my lizard brain comprehend it while coding it.
minus-squareSkyhighatrist@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 years ago because the array itself exists More specifically it’s because the array isn’t empty.
minus-squaremodel_tar_gz@lemmy.worlddeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years agoYup you’re more right than I was. An empty array is still Falsy even though it exists. I accept the correction.
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As a software developer, I actually use “truthy” and “falsy” pretty regularly for “the computer thinks this value is true/false”
Just remember that even though None is Falsy, an array of Nones is Truthy. Gets me every time. I fucking understand it logically (because the array itself exists) but damnit if I can make my lizard brain comprehend it while coding it.
More specifically it’s because the array isn’t empty.
Yup you’re more right than I was. An empty array is still Falsy even though it exists. I accept the correction.
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