[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 285: Adding a bool type (original) (raw)

Andrew Koenig ark@research.att.com
03 Apr 2002 10:59:13 -0500

So what's different?

Fredrik> more than one way to do it. more than one concept to Fredrik> explain to newcomers. more than one "obviously correct" Fredrik> way to do things. less is more. etc.

I'm a little confused, because it seems to me that Python already has more than one way to do this particular thing.

Specifically: If I want to write a function that answers a yes/no question, I have lots of possible ways of spelling yes (1, 2, "yes", and so on) and lots of possible ways of spelling no (0, {}, None, and so on). There isn't a single preferred way.

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