From: Bulat Ziganshin Date: 2002-10-15T15:23:35+09:00 Subject: Re: 0 is true - how'bout "least surprises" ;-P (Was: Re: & operation and if statment) Hello Szabolcs, Tuesday, October 15, 2002, 1:43:53 AM, you wrote: SS> this mistake...), but, Matz, is "if 0" being the same as SS> "if true" your final word on this? ;-) see str.index, for example. this is already used in language design heavily, so changing this rule will brea compatibility in a serious way -- Best regards, Bulat mailto:bulatz@integ.ru