From 67401eeb273ebca80f07276e0b2bf92b62433c72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard van der Hoff <richard@matrix.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 10:11:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Remove the code style rule about casts to bool

---
 code_style.md | 11 -----------
 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/code_style.md b/code_style.md
index c1c9beda78..6f6812de91 100644
--- a/code_style.md
+++ b/code_style.md
@@ -113,17 +113,6 @@ Unless otherwise specified, the following applies to all code:
     }
     ```
 
-14. Explicitly cast to a boolean, rather than relying on implicit truthiness of non-boolean values:
-
-    ```typescript
-    const isRealUser = !!userId && ...;
-    // ... or ...
-    const isRealUser = Boolean(userId) && ...;
-
-    // but *not*:
-    const isRealUser = userId && ...;   // invalid implicit cast
-    ```
-
 15. Use `switch` statements when checking against more than a few enum-like values.
 16. Use `const` for constants, `let` for mutability.
 17. Describe types exhaustively (ensure noImplictAny would pass).