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Python Performance: Why 'if not list' is 2x Faster Than Using len() (blog.codingconfessions.com)
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[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 1 points 6 months ago

I really liked unless in perl; especially as I get older !length or something makes that bang really easy to miss. I use !(length) or something instead to visually set it aside. unless made this much more visually clear.