if the else short form

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

In message <mailman.1166.1285774349.29448.python-list at python.org>, Philip 
Semanchuk wrote:

> Does Python make any guarantee that int(True) == 1 and int(False) == 0
> will always hold, or are their values an implementation detail?

There has never been a rationally-designed language where this was merely 
“an implementation detail”.