Python23: cannot inherit from bool?

[FrankS]

It seems that 2.3 doesn't allow you to inherit from bool:


Python 2.3a1 (#38, Dec 31 2002, 17:53:59) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
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>>> class C(bool): pass
...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: type 'bool' is not an acceptable base type
>>>


Could someone explain the reason for this restriction?

Thanks, Frank.