I found this piece of code:
if 0:
somevariable = 1.0
othervariable = 1.0
As far as I understand, 0 is always "FALSE", therefore the code never enters in the if and assigns the value to "somevariable" and "othervariable"
Does this actually make sense?
"falsy" values like 0 or '' evaluate to false for convenience and should not be used in the way described in your question. For example,
foo = 0
def bar():
return foo + 1
if not foo:
# I know that bar was not called
else:
# I know bar was called
There is no need to check if foo == 0. https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/truthy-vs-falsy-values-in-python/ shows all the possible types that can achieve this effect.
Hope this helps!