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[Python-Dev] bool conversion wart?

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Neal Becker wrote:
> The fact that other numeric
> types act this way leaves a reasonable expectation that bool will.

But bool isn't really a numeric type in the same way
that the others are. It's only a subtype of int for
historical reasons. If it had been a part of Python
from the beginning, it probably would have been a
separate type altogether.

Hmmm... is that something that should be revisited
in 3.0?

--
Greg

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