Re: bool constructor is inconsistent?

[Stefan Behnel]

Neal Becker, 10.09.2010 20:23:

IN [3]: bool('False')
Out[3]: True

Not inconsistent at all:

  >>> bool('false')
  True
  >>> bool('true')
  True
  >>> bool('')
  False
  >>> bool(32)
  True
  >>> bool(0)
  False

It simply follows Python's boolean coercion rules.

If you consider it inconsisten w.r.t. int('32'), then what about

   >>> list('[]')
   ['[', ']']

Stefan

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