[Python-3000] __nonzero__ vs. __bool__

[Guido van Rossum]

Looks about right. Patch?

On 11/20/06, tomer filiba <tomerfiliba at gmail.com> wrote:
> how about changing the name of __nonzero__ to __bool__?
>
> today it looks like:
> * int(x) --> x.__int__()
> * long(x) --> x.__long__()
> * float(x) --> x.__float__()
> * str(x) --> x.__str__()
>
> but for bool it's x.__nonzero__()
>
> i'd guess __nonzero__ existed even before the bool type was introduced
> (2.2?),
> but in the cleanup-old-design-issues spirit, perhaps it can be made
> symmetrical
> to the other builtin types.
>
>
> -tomer
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