[Patches] [ python-Patches-724135 ] remove tiny anomaly re bool()

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Patches item #724135, was opened at 2003-04-19 05:40
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Category: Core (C code)
Group: Python 2.3
>Status: Closed
Resolution: Accepted
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Alex Martelli (aleax)
Assigned to: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Summary: remove tiny anomaly re bool()

Initial Comment:
builtin types called without arguments -- int(), long(), float(), 
list(), dict(), tuple() -- return the false value of that type.  
bool() called without arguments raises an exception 
instead.  This patch makes bool behave like the other builtin 
types, and adds tests for this "call type without arguments" 
behavior (for bool AND the other six builtin types).

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>Comment By: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Date: 2003-04-19 14:15

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Checked in.

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Comment By: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Date: 2003-04-19 14:08

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I'll check this in, because I like the idea.

I note there's a flaw in the execution: after
  ok = (x != NULL) && PyObject_IsTrue(x);
the following line
  if (ok < 0)
makes no sense; C's && doesn't work like Python's 'and', it
always returns either 0 or 1.

I'll fix this.

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