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Python: str(None) should return ” not ‘None’

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Think about the following code: x = some_function_that_might_return_none() if str(x): do_one_thing() else: do_another_thing() do you think do_another_thing() will ever execute? Did you know that str(None) is ‘None’ and thus: if str(None): this_willl_always_execute() I can see how you might want str(None) to be ‘None’ for debugging display, etc., but to preserve the semantics of “if” I [...]