language-specifications

C# short/long/int literal format?

May 26, 2022 by IT Nursery

In C/C#/etc. you can tell the compiler that a literal number is not what it appears to be (ie., float instead of double, unsigned long instead of int): var d = 1.0; // double var f = 1.0f; // float var u = 1UL; // unsigned long etc. Could someone point me to a list … Read more

Is False == 0 and True == 1 an implementation detail or is it guaranteed by the language?

May 19, 2022 by IT Nursery

Is it guaranteed that False == 0 and True == 1, in Python (assuming that they are not reassigned by the user)? For instance, is it in any way guaranteed that the following code will always produce the same results, whatever the version of Python (both existing and, likely, future ones)? 0 == False # … Read more