bool v. int distinctions

[Lee Harr]

>>> I am wondering if this is a reasonable thing to do:
> [...]
>>> Won't work with 2.1, clearly, but it seems ok in a
>>> recent 2.2 or in 2.3.

>> What makes you think it won't work in 2.1?


>> python2.1
> Python 2.1.3 (#1, Apr 19 2003, 09:07:31)
> [GCC 2.95.4 20020320 [FreeBSD]] on freebsd4
> Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> True
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> NameError: name 'True' is not defined
> >>> True = 1

>Try
>
> >>> True = 1==1
>
>to get a boolean true instead of an integer true :-)
>


Oh, nice. Not that I use 2.1 for anything except Zope anymore...
but still very interesting.

Thanks.