Equivalent code to the bool() built-in function

[Ben Finney]

candide <candide at free.invalid> writes:

> Is the bool_equivalent() function really equivalent to the bool()
> built-in function ?

The ‘bool’ built-in is not a function.

    >>> type(bool)
    <type 'type'>

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Ben Finney