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

Barry A. Warsaw barry@zope.com
Sun, 10 Mar 2002 23:44:36 -0500

"JO" == Jason Orendorff <jason@jorendorff.com> writes:

JO> Indeed!  But this is another argument in favor of "true" and
JO> "false", of course, because all Modula-2's keywords are
JO> UPPERCASE and all Python's keywords are lowercase.

I've mostly tuned this thread out since I'm confident Guido will DTRT, but in case I've missed something, we aren't talking about making "true" and "false" (regardless of spelling) keywords, are we?

/me checks the PEP

Nope, and that's a very good thing, otherwise much code breakage will ensue.

In any event, I'm sure Guido's heard all the arguments by now and has made up his mind about this particular issue. For my money, True and False are just fine since they're singled objects sitting in builtins just like None and Ellipsis.

trying-to-find-the-right-channel-ly y'rs, -Barry