[Python-3000] Status of True, False, bool type

[Mike Orr]

On 1/1/07, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> On 1/1/07, James Thiele <python3now at gmail.com> wrote:
> > PEP 3100 states:
> > None becomes a keyword [4] (What about True, False?)
> >
> > Has a decision been made?
>
> No, but I think the argument for making True/False reserved words is
> pretty weak.
>
> > Also a bool acts like an int in various contexts. For example:
> > >>> True == 1
> > True
> > >>> False == 0
> > True
> > >>> 16 + (0 == 0)
> > 17
> >
> > Will this behavior continue?
>
> Yes. Don't confuse Python with Java.

Huh?  'True == 1' is a "feature"?  '16 + (0 == 0)' being illegal is a
"Javaism"?  Would somebody care to explain this?  It's acceptable that
2 is true but not True?  Why do we need 1 for True at all if we have
True?

-- 
Mike Orr <sluggoster at gmail.com>