PEP 285: Adding a bool type

[Peter Hansen]

Mark McEahern wrote:
> 
> [Paul Rubin]
> > I don't see much need for it.  There's no need to turn Python into Java.
> > Python, C, and Lisp have all done fine without bools.  What kinds of
> > programming tasks in Python are bools supposed to make easier?
> 
> I view the proposal not as 'making programming tasks easier' but as
> improving the readability of Python code.  If the proposal can achieve the
> latter without 'making programming tasks harder', it seems like an obvious
> win.

Okay, can somebody please prove that?

Are there code snippets which clearly have significantly improved
readability as a result of a rewrite using the proposed bool?

Without that, I'm a strong -1 on this and other such proposals.

-Peter