PEP 285: Adding a bool type

[John Roth]

"Guido van Rossum" <guido at python.org> wrote in message
news:3CAA5777.66E7C2D5 at python.org...
> Alex Martelli wrote:
> > I _have_ seen old-time Fortranites rant quite convincingly against
that
> > useless, newfangled LOGICAL stuff.
>
> And that is exactly what many of the responses in this thread
> (including Laura's over-long FUD piece) sound like.
>
> I'm reading (at least skimming) everything, but the more I read the
> reactions, the more I believe that this is just the response I have to
> expect for *every* change to the language I propose, and the more I'm
> tempted to follow my gut instincts.  Long ago (right after lambda :-)
> I learned to say "no" to proposals that didn't feel right to me, even
> if I couldn't express very clearly why.  I think it's time I learn to
> say "yes" even if the community doesn't see the light yet.
>
> --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

Right on. I've got a couple of minor issues, but
you're the language architect. You've turned out
a very good product to date; I'm more than willing
to go along and see how the next idea turns out,
even if I don't agree with you on the integer divide
thing.

John Roth