Paul Rubin wrote:
> Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> The really interesting question your post raises, though, is "Why do
>> you feel it's necessary to test to see whether a variable is a
>> Boolean?".
>
> What's the point of having Booleans, if you can't tell them from integers?
Because
return True
is clearer than
return 1
if the purpose of the return value is to indicate a Boolean rather than
an arbitrary integer.
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