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  A Boolean type was added to Python 2.3.  Two new constants were added
  to the \module{__builtin__} module, \constant{True} and
! \constant{False}.  The type object for this new type is named
  \class{bool}; the constructor for it takes any Python value and
  converts it to \constant{True} or \constant{False}.
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  A Boolean type was added to Python 2.3.  Two new constants were added
  to the \module{__builtin__} module, \constant{True} and
! \constant{False}.  (\constant{True} and
! \constant{False} constants were added to the built-ins
! in Python 2.2.2, but the 2.2.2 versions simply have integer values of
! 1 and 0 and aren't a different type.)
! 
! The type object for this new type is named
  \class{bool}; the constructor for it takes any Python value and
  converts it to \constant{True} or \constant{False}.
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  \section{PEP 301: Package Index and Metadata for Distutils\label{section-pep301}}
  
! XXX This section needs to be written.
  
  \begin{seealso}
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  \section{PEP 301: Package Index and Metadata for Distutils\label{section-pep301}}
  
! Support for the long-requested Python catalog makes its first
! appearance in 2.3.
! 
! The core component is the new Distutil \samp{register} command.
! Running \code{python setup.py register} will collect up the metadata
! describing a package, such as its name, version, maintainer,
! description, \&c., and sends it to a central catalog server.
! Currently the catalog can be browsed at
! \url{http://www.amk.ca/cgi-bin/pypi.cgi}, but it will move to 
! some hostname in the \code{python.org} domain before the final version
! of 2.3 is released.
! 
! To make the catalog a bit more useful, a new optional
! \samp{classifiers} keyword argument has been added to the Distutils
! \function{setup()} function.  A list of
! \citetitle[http://www.tuxedo.org/\%7Eesr/trove/]{Trove}-style strings can be supplied to help classify the software.
! 
! Here's an example \file{setup.py} with classifiers:
! 
! \begin{verbatim}
! setup (name = "Quixote",
!        version = "0.5.1",
!        description = "A highly Pythonic Web application framework",
!        ...
!        classifiers= ['Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content',
!                      'Environment :: No Input/Output (Daemon)',
!                      'Intended Audience :: Developers'],
!        ...
!     )
! \end{verbatim}
! 
! The full list of classifiers can be obtained by running 
! \code{python setup.py register --list-classifiers}.
  
  \begin{seealso}