E712.md

Pattern: Malformed comparison to True

Issue: -

Description

When comparing a variable to True, you should use the form if x is True or simply if x. The most common incorrect form is if x == True.

Example of incorrect code:

x = True
if x == True:
    print('True!')

Example of correct code:

x = True
if x is True:
    print('True!')

or simply:

x = True
if x:
    print('True!')

Further Reading

• https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/#programming-recommendations