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

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Fri, 05 Apr 2002 11:31:01 -0500

Stuart> I mean (i and True) or (i or False)

This example might evaluate i twice, which means it's not really a fair comparison.

But the correct form (i and True or False) still performs faster than bool(i). I'm not sure I care though.

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