Why is (17 == True) =False but (if 17: print("yes")) print yes?

Answer 1

You are comparing 17 to true that is equivalent to 17 == 1 and of course results false.
in the second if statement there is no comparision so the statement results true.

Answer 2

That is because, internally, True = 1

Answer 3

https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#truth-value-testing

Answer 4

Because int(True) is 1 and bool(17) is True