PB5.00b7 no longer allows testing Not with string?

[Danilo]

Its always the same ... just because something that was never
allowed to be was just used because it seemed to work fine.
Now it is disallowed and some people are going crazy.

"If Not a" is also not allowed, according to the international PureBasic programming language standard.

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s.s = "string"

If s
    Debug s
EndIf

;If Not s              ; already forbidden
;    Debug "s empty"
;EndIf


a.i = 10

If a
EndIf

If Not a
EndIf

All this can be removed any time, because it is not explicitly allowed and written down in the language standard/manual/reference.
Always write "If a <> 0" and "If Not a <> 0" etc.

For me, "If a" and "If s" make both sense. The opposite of both is "If Not a" and "If Not s", which makes sense, too.

[skywalk]

Hard to argue that "logic"

[chris319]

"If Not a <> 0"

Why wouldn't you simply write "If a = 0"?

[Danilo]

"If Not a <> 0"

Why wouldn't you simply write "If a = 0"?

Because we talk about 'Not' here.

[chris319]

"If Not a <> 0"

Why wouldn't you simply write "If a = 0"?

Because we talk about 'Not' here.

Oh, I see. I suppose you would rather write "If Not a = 0" instead of "If a <> 0".