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Sourcery refactoring id: equality-identity

Section titled “Sourcery refactoring id: equality-identity”

Description:

Section titled “Description:”

Simplify equality comparisons that are always True or False

Before:

Section titled “Before:”
if 1 == 1:
    always_do_this()


if 1 != 1:
    never_do_this()

After:

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if True:
    always_do_this()


if False:
    never_do_this()

Explanation:

Section titled “Explanation:”

When comparing a value to itself, the outcome will always be True, as long as the equality operator has not been overridden, and this also holds for the opposite comparison and False. It is more readable to use a direct comparison to the boolean value.