Booleans, integer division, backwards compatibility; where is Python going?

[brueckd at tbye.com]

On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, phil hunt wrote:

> Recently on this newsgroup there's been a discussion about adding a
> bool datatype to Python; and Guido has decided to do this.
[snip]

> In both cases, there are good arguments in favour of the change.
[snip]

> Are the language developers constantly going to tinker with the
> language, out of a sense of fun?

I doubt they're doing it for the fun factor. See your own previous
comment, above.

-Dave