[Tim Peters]
[Christian Tanzer]
... How will bool influence '__nonzero__'? Currently, Python insists that '__nonzero__ should return an int'. Will this be changed to 'should return a bool'?
I hope so.
As that would break existing code, I hope not.
No, "should" != "must". Guido won't call code that returns an int here broken, although he might call it deprecated, and leave you wondering when the hammer will drop <wink>.
What is the likelihood that __nonzero__ could be renamed (at some point in the future) to something a bit more intuitive, like __bool__? I know there would be a lot of user code to change, but assuming one day the hammer will drop and everyone's __nonzero__ will have to change to return a bool, I wouldn't mind seeing the method renamed as well. Or is this a lost cause at this point? --- Patrick K. O'Brien Orbtech