"0 in [True,False]" returns True

[Erik Max Francis]

Paul Rubin wrote:

> Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com> writes:
>> The really interesting question your post raises, though, is "Why do
>> you feel it's necessary to test to see whether a variable is a
>> Boolean?".
> 
> What's the point of having Booleans, if you can't tell them from integers?

Because

	return True

is clearer than

	return 1

if the purpose of the return value is to indicate a Boolean rather than 
an arbitrary integer.

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