[issue27792] bool % int has inconsistent return type.

[Mark Dickinson]

New submission from Mark Dickinson:

Seen on reddit [1]: 

>>> True % 1
0
>>> True % 2
True

I believe that we should be returning an int in both these cases; this looks like a longobject.c fast path gone wrong.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/4y5bh1/can_someone_explain_why_true_1_0_but_true_2_true/

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messages: 273020
nosy: mark.dickinson
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: needs patch
status: open
title: bool % int has inconsistent return type.
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.5, Python 3.6

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