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

logistix logstx at bellatlantic.net
Tue Apr 2 00:44:54 EST 2002


>
> >>> 2-1  # doesn't change
> 1
> >>> 2<1  # changes to False
> 0
> >>>
>
> ?  Probably, but I don't really care -- nobody tried to make computers
easy
> for me, and suffering builds character <wink>.  I've been at this for
> decades now, and I'll need a millisecond less thought.
>

So this PEP will break the ternary hack (a and b or c) and other crazy
exploitation of short-circuiting tricks in lambdas? Not that I mind. ;)






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