On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 4:51 PM, candide <candide@free.invalid> wrote: > Le 16/04/2011 23:38, Ben Finney a écrit : > >> So the answer to the OP's question is no: the function isn't equivalent >> to the type, > > Can bool() type and bool_equivalent() function return different values ?
No. The distinction being drawn is rather pedantic, IMO. >> because the OP's ‘bool_equivalent’ function necessarily >> uses the built-in ‘bool’ type, while the reverse is not true. > > The documentation doesn't seem to state it performs this call. This is why I used the qualifiers "the equivalent of" and "conceptually". > I'm referring to > -- §5.10 Boolean operations in Document Reference Python 2.7 > -- bool()'s description in Library Reference "bool([x]) Convert a value to a Boolean, using the standard truth testing procedure." > -- §5.1 Truth Value Testing in Library Reference This describes "the standard truth testing procedure". Ideally, this section would be linked to in bool()'s docs. Cheers, Chris -- http://blog.rebertia.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
