rules:
  - id: no-strings-as-booleans
    message: >-
      Using strings as booleans in Python has unexpected results.
      `"one" and "two"` will return "two".
      `"one" or "two"` will return "one".
      In Python, strings are truthy, and strings with a non-zero length evaluate to
      True.
    languages: [python]
    severity: ERROR
    pattern-either:
      - pattern: |
          if <... "..." and ... ...>:
              ...
      - pattern: |
          if <... "..." or ... ...>:
              ...
      - patterns:
          - pattern-not: |
              if $X in "...":
                ...
          - pattern: |
              if "...":
                  ...
    metadata:
      category: correctness
      technology:
        - python