PEP 285: Adding a bool type
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S 281 Loop Counter Iteration with range and xrange Hetland
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S 281 Loop Counter Iteration with range and xrange Hetland
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S 282 A Logging System Mick
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S 284 Integer for-loops Eppstein, Ewing
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S 285 Adding a bool type van Rossum
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Finished PEPs (done, implemented in CVS)
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I 283 Python 2.3 Release Schedule Hylton
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I 283 Python 2.3 Release Schedule Hylton
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S 284 Integer for-loops Eppstein, Ewing
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S 284 Integer for-loops Eppstein, Ewing
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S 285 Adding a bool type van Rossum
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SR 666 Reject Foolish Indentation Creighton
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PEP: 285
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Title: Adding a bool type
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Version: $Revision$
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Last-Modified: $Date$
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Author: guido@python.org (Guido van Rossum)
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Status: Draft
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Type: Standards Track
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Created: 8-Mar-2002
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Python-Version: 2.3
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Post-History: 8-Mar-2002 (python-dev)
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Abstract
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This PEP proposes the introduction of a new built-in type, bool,
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with two constants, False and True. The bool type would be a
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straightforward subtype (in C) of the int type, and the values
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False and True would behave like 0 and 1 in most respects (e.g.
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False==0 and True==1 would be true) except repr() and str(). All
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built-in operations that conceptually return a Boolean result will
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be changed to return False or True instead of 0 or 1; for example,
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comparisons and the "not" operator.
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Rationale
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Most languages eventually grow a Boolean type; even C99 has one.
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It's useful to be able to tell from a function result that the
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outcome has Boolean semantics.
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Specification
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The following Python code specifies most of the properties of the
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new type:
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class bool(int):
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def __new__(cls, val=0, _create=0):
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if _create:
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# This is nor part of the spec,
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# just a hack to bootstrap False and True
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return int.__new__(cls, not not val)
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elif val:
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return True
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else:
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return False
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def __repr__(self):
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if self:
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return "True"
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else:
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return "False"
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__str__ = __repr__
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def __and__(self, other):
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if isinstance(other, bool):
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return bool(int(self) & int(other))
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else:
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return NotImplemented
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__rand__ = __and__
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def __or__(self, other):
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if isinstance(other, bool):
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return bool(int(self) | int(other))
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else:
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return NotImplemented
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__ror__ = __or__
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def __xor__(self, other):
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if isinstance(other, bool):
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return bool(int(self) ^ int(other))
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else:
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return NotImplemented
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__rxor__ = __xor__
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False = bool(0, _create=1)
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True = bool(1, _create=1)
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Issues
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Because the repr() or str() of a bool value is different from an
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int value, some code (e.g. doctest-based unit tests) may fail.
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How much of a backwards compatibility problem this will be, I
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don't know. If we find this is a real problem, we could add a
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command-line option to make False and True aliases for 0 and 1 and
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bool an alias for int.
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Copyright
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This document has been placed in the public domain.
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