[Python-checkins] r75051 - in python/branches/py3k: Lib/test/test_range.py Objects/rangeobject.c

Fri Sep 25 15:57:16 CEST 2009

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 7:19 AM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Mark Dickinson wrote:

>> PyBool_CheckExact doesn't exist (as I was
>> slightly surprised to learn).  PyBool_Check is
>> already an exact check (judging from the source).

> ... it also strikes me
> as a bit of an odd quirk in the API).

The quirk is that bool cannot be subclassed.
>>> class b(bool): pass

Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "<pyshell#8>", line 1, in <module>
 class b(bool): pass
TypeError: type 'bool' is not an acceptable base type