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

[Peter Funk]

Hi,

Paul Prescod:
> "Gerald S. Williams" wrote:
> > 
> > Please don't take this as a real endorsement, and YMMV to
> > be sure, but somehow this seems right to me given the way
> > Python currently determines "truth":
> > 
> > >>> 1 == True, 2 == True, [] == False
> > (True, True, True)
> 
> I'm confident that will never be the case.
> 
> if x:
>   ...
> 
> should be considered a shortcut syntax for
> 
> if bool(x):
>    ...
> 
> That says nothing about the equality of the object x and one of the two
> truth constants. 

That would slaughter backward compatibility.  And that would
hurt the trust and expectations of current Python users.

Please don't do this.  
Please don't sacrifice backward compatibility.

Regards, Peter
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