[Python-ideas] bool(datetime.time(0, 0))

[Georg Brandl]

On 05/08/2012 01:17 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> On Tue, 8 May 2012 12:12:05 +0100
> Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 8 May 2012 11:53, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
>> >> If you want to test for None return values, you need to use
>> >> "if is None" or "if is not None".
>> >
>> > So who writes the PEP to deprecate __bool__ methods wholesale?
>> 
>> I see no need - if you're testing for "true" return values, bool is
>> correct. But if you're testing for None vs an actual value, it's not.
> 
> Well, again, if that's the case, then __bool__ should be deprecated for
> all types where being "true" or "false" doesn't make obvious sense.
> Which is most types, actually.

Repeating a strange argument does not make it more true.

Georg