New submission from John Rogers : In Python Language Reference (version 3.7), section 6.9 it states that the arguments of binary bitwise operators must be integers. However, the following expressions work without error: True & False False | True True ^ True Each produces a boolean result (not integer) (False, True, False, respectively). Also I find that mixing booleans and integers does work too, though this time it produces integers. One can easily test it on Python home page's console window. I also tested it on my Linux box running version 3.5.3. So it appears that it has been overlooked for quite some time! As an aside: I do assume that boolean values are *distinct* from integers. If they are not, then my apologies! ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 349372 nosy: The Blue Wizard, docs@python priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Behaviors of binary bitwise operators contradicting documentation type: behavior versions: Python 3.5, Python 3.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker https://bugs.python.org/issue37818 _______________________________________