Booleans are either true or false. Python has two constants, cleverly True and False, which can be used to assign boolean values directly. Expressions can also evaluate to a boolean value. In certain places (like if statements), Python expects an expression to evaluate to a boolean value. These places are called boolean contexts. You can use virtually any expression in a boolean context, and Python will try to determine its truth value. Different datatypes have different rules about which values are true or false in a boolean context. (This will make more sense once you see some concrete examples later in this chapter.)
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Booleans are either true or false. Python has two constants, cleverly named True and False, which can be used to assign boolean values directly. Expressions can also evaluate to a boolean value. In certain places (like if statements), Python expects an expression to evaluate to a boolean value. These places are called boolean contexts. You can use virtually any expression in a boolean context, and Python will try to determine its truth value. Different datatypes have different rules about which values are true or false in a boolean context. (This will make more sense once you see some concrete examples later in this chapter.)
For example, take this snippet from humansize.py:
if size < 0:
raise ValueError('number must be non-negative')