Terry J. Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> added the comment:
Not a bug. Both function docs say "reverse is a boolean value." https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#boolean-values says "Boolean values are the two constant objects False and True." These should be used in new code. For compatibility with old code, CPython generally allows 0 and 1. In this case, it allows any 'integral value', but I would not necessarily expect this of other implementations. [In general, the *Python language* docs do not document extra latitude allowed by the *CPython implementation*. So the lack thereof here is also not a bug.] All objects without fancy trickery have a __bool__ method, either inherited from *object* or overridden. This in no way makes all such objects, including Xs, into boolean values. ---------- nosy: +terry.reedy resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed title: sorted() and list.sort() don't accept non-boolean objects with __bool__() as `reverse` parameter -> sorted, list.sort reject non-boolean objects with __bool__() as `reverse` parameter _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue37427> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
