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"m=!0"... What the hell am I looking at? (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Well I hate that. Is there a reason m=1 wouldn't be the same thing as m=!0?

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago

Types are dynamic so I think the ! operator converts int to bool in JS

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

1 is truthy, but not the exact same thing as true, and the distinction can be important.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

1 != true, 1 is an int, true is a boolean