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I'm looking to ensure that an address is not the 0 address and with the update to 0.5.0 I am running into a TypeError Operator != not compatible with types contract GeneScienceInterface and address payable

function unpause() public onlyCEO whenPaused {
        require(geneScience != address(0));

        super.unpause();
    }
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  • Can you also add how you are declaring geneScience, because I'm not getting any error while comparing address(0) to regular address variable. – sp4c3 Jan 30 '19 at 17:48
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That should work if geneScience is cast as an address. Since it doesn't work for you, I suspect it's a contract, which means you can't compare it to an address.

You can resolve that by using the address property of the contract. 

require(address(geneScience) != address(0));

Hope it helps.

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    Funny, I've been doing this for quite some time now, and I wasn't aware of the myContract.address option, i.e., have always used address(myContract), which I assume is identical...? Or is this a Solidity 0.5.x feature? – goodvibration Jan 30 '19 at 18:44
  • Good catch. You're right about the syntax. I edited my answer to reflect that. – Rob Hitchens - B9lab Jan 30 '19 at 19:16
  • Accidentally confused it with web3.js syntax I presume? – goodvibration Jan 30 '19 at 19:17
  • Unrelated: would you be able to refer to my question at ethereum.stackexchange.com/q/66382/16043? – goodvibration Jan 30 '19 at 19:39

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