[Zope] testing for "REQUEST is not None"

[Florent Guillaume]

Willem Broekema  <willem@pastelhorn.com> wrote:
> If a method in a Zope product has REQUEST as optional parameter:
>  def something(self, REQUEST=None):
>
> why is the REQUEST always compared with None:
>    if REQUEST is not None:
> instead of just:
>    if REQUEST:

1. it's more explicit (REQUEST is not a boolean)
2. it's faster

Florent
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