[Python-Dev] ACCEPTED: PEP 285 (truth pickles)

Magnus Lie Hetland mlh at vier.idi.ntnu.no
Fri Apr 5 22:58:11 EST 2002


In article <mailman.1017974474.30402.python-list at python.org>, Tim Peters wrote:
>[Roy Smith]
>> If I pickle a bool, and then restore it, do I get the same singleton
>> back?
>
>Yes.  However, booling a pickle is a different question entirely.
>
>don't-even-think-about-it-ly y'rs  - tim

According to the "something vs. nothing" principle, a pickle should
always be true... While no pickle should be false.

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