[Python-Dev] Boolean transition (original) (raw)

Martin v. Loewis martin@v.loewis.de
10 Mar 2002 21:58:28 +0100

"Brian Quinlan" <brian@sweetapp.com> writes:

For people who want to do integer arithmetic using Booleans, would calling the int() built-in be too much of a burden?

Yes. I don't care whether it is good to do arithmetic on booleans or not. I do care about backwards compatibility, and I just see no way to remove arithmetic from boolean values in Python before 2025.

Regards, Martin