[Python-Dev] Bool type and arrays (original) (raw)

Aahz Maruch aahz@rahul.net
Fri, 8 Mar 2002 09:34:49 -0800 (PST)

Paul F Dubois wrote:

Guido said not to "mix up" the question of bit arrays with the bool proposal, but really, they are mixed up. The minute there is a bool type in Python people will be able to make Numeric arrays (not to mention Python arrays) with elements of type "bool". They will then be annoyed to learn that they are making arrays of objects and the result is a big array, not a small array, and that they would have been better off with our byte integer arrays.

There's nothing wrong with submitting a PEP that's dependent on another PEP. It's just a Bad Idea to stick too much into a single PEP.

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