[Python-Dev] For review: PEP 285: Adding a bool type

Fri, 8 Mar 2002 13:33:48 -0600

Guido van Rossum wrote:
> > I would prefer these constants to be named "true" and "false",
> > respectively.
>> But all other built-in constants have an initial capital letter: None,
> NotImplemented, Ellipsis, ...

True.
But this isn't as compelling as it might be, since None is the only
one that enjoys common non-guru usage. It only counts as consistency
if other people notice and remember the pattern.
The pattern people really care about is:
 C99: true false
 C++: true false
 C#: true false
 Java: true false
 JavaScript: true false
(I can't find other case-sensitive languages with boolean types
to compare.)
I also think repr(false) should return a randomly chosen line from
an insults file. This makes the interactive prompt funnier:
 >>> 1 == 1
 true
 >>> 1 == 17
 LIAR!!!
## Jason Orendorff http://www.jorendorff.com/