"0 in [True,False]" returns True

[Stefan Rank]

on 13.12.2005 11:39 Fredrik Lundh said the following:
> Duncan Booth wrote:
>>Another reason to have a boolean type is of course to provide a cast:
>>
>>   def isNameSet(self):
>>      return boolean(self.name)
[snip]
> 
> given that Python already had a function for this, that wasn't
> much of a reason:
> 
>>>>help(operator.truth)
> 
> Help on built-in function truth in module operator:
> 
> truth(...)
>     truth(a) -- Return True if a is true, False otherwise.
> 
[snip]

As operator.truth() is equivalent to bool()
and as it is the only thing in operator that is not really reflecting an 
operator, I had a look into PEP3000 to see if (the redundant) 
operator.truth is going to be removed. It is not mentioned.

(not that I really care, but I thought I could provide something 
productively new to discuss about, to end the "why is bool an int?" 
discussion ;-)

stefan