PEP 285: Adding a bool type

Ralph Corderoy ralph at inputplus.demon.co.uk
Sun Mar 31 07:41:59 EST 2002


Hi Terry,

> C. Anyone learning Python has some idea of truth and truth values.
> But I am sure there are some with no idea of what 'bool' means and
> only a vague idea about 'Boolean'.  Better formalizing Python truth
> values should make them even easier to learn; why not call them what
> they are?

That's an excellent point, as are the others you make.  My Mum would
understand true but not bool or Boolean.


Ralph.




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