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Re: True/False value testing

From Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: True/False value testing
Date 2016-01-07 13:19 +0200
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Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>:

> However, none of these will compare *equal* to the Boolean values True
> and False, save for the integers 1 and 0. In fact, True is a special
> form of the integer 1, and False is a special form of the integer 0;

Stirring the pot:

   >>> (2 < 3) is True
   True

but is that guaranteed?


Marko

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True/False value testing "ast" <nomail@invalid.com> - 2016-01-07 11:36 +0100
  Re: True/False value testing Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-01-07 11:48 +0100
  Re: True/False value testing Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-01-07 21:49 +1100
    Re: True/False value testing Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-01-07 13:19 +0200
      Re: True/False value testing Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-01-07 22:50 +1100
        Re: True/False value testing Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-01-07 14:07 +0200
          Re: True/False value testing Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-01-07 23:38 +1100
  Re: True/False value testing "ast" <nomail@invalid.com> - 2016-01-07 12:11 +0100

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