[Python-Dev] For review: PEP 285: Adding a bool type

[Martin v. Loewis]

"Hans Nowak" <wurmy@earthlink.net> writes:

> This may be a minor issue, but this proposal will break code like
> 
>   days_feb = 28 + isleapyear(year)
> 
> assuming that booleans cannot be added to ints. :-)

Under the proposal, this assumption is wrong. bool is defined as a
subtype of int; 28+True is 29. Just try this code with the reference
implementation given in your code.

Regards,
Martin