PEP 285: Adding a bool type

gbreed at cix.compulink.co.uk gbreed at cix.compulink.co.uk
Wed Apr 3 09:06:07 EST 2002


John Roth wrote:

> I don't think that's the case here. This proposal opens up a whole
> can of worms involving the concept of 'truth', that is, what the
> conditional and logical operators see as 'true' or 'false'.

Then no wonder it's so controversial!  This question has occupied 
philosophers for centuries, and is unlikely to be resolved in time for 
2.3.

                 Graham



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