use-implicit-booleaness-not-comparison / C1803

Message emitted:

"%s" can be simplified to "%s", if it is strictly a sequence, as an empty %s is falsey

Description:

Empty sequences are considered false in a boolean context. Following this check blindly in weakly typed code base can create hard to debug issues. If the value can be something else that is falsey but not a sequence (for example ``None``, an empty string, or ``0``) the code will not be equivalent.

Problematic code:

z = []

if z != []:  # [use-implicit-booleaness-not-comparison]
    print("z is not an empty sequence")

Correct code:

z = []

if z:
    print("z is not an empty sequence")

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