[Python-Dev] bool does not want to be subclassed? (original) (raw)
Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Thu Feb 12 14:50:50 EST 2004
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On Thu, Feb 12, 2004, François Pinard wrote:
Hi, people. I just noticed this: >>> class booleen(bool): ... def repr(self): ... if self: ... return "Vrai" ... return "Faux" ... Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in ? TypeError: type 'bool' is not an acceptable base type >>>
Just to bolster Francois's case, I ran into this precise use case a week ago myself (where I wanted a bool but needed to change the output string). Didn't bother complaining about it, though. ;-)
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