PEP 285: Adding a bool type: yes, but not as int subtype

[Aahz]

In article <slrnaaha69.nn5.kzaragoza at localhost.localdomain>,
Kris J. Zaragoza <kzaragoza at attbi.com> wrote:
>
>Do you intend to eventually (NOTE: I say eventually, I know it's not
>immediate) modify this to read that only the value True is true and
>the value False is false?  If this is the case, I believe this adds
>needless complexity to code whereas (in a simple case)
>
>if foo:
>    ...do whatever...

I can't find a reference off-hand, but I think it's pretty clear that
this will remain a standard Python idiom forever.
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