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

M.-A. Lemburg mal@lemburg.com
Thu, 04 Apr 2002 10:43:07 +0200

Fredrik Lundh wrote:

mal wrote: > > How about adding a new pure bool type to the language > without changing any of the old PyFalse/PyTrue > code (at first) ?! > > Then leave the code in for one release to see how > people feel about it in real life and enable a warning > for incorrect usage of comparison arithmetic in a second > release. The third release would then enable the new > logic per default. from future import boolean ?

Hmm, would be nice, but has a flaw: the change wouldn't be limited to one module: it would affect the current instance of the interpreter.

Still, a switch like this would be nice to have... probably too late though: Guido has already decided that its better to rush this than come up with a less controversial design.

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