Thanks for all that. Surprised it got so complicated. Wondering if you guys ever sleep!! :-)
Davy On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 12:24 AM, Curt Hagenlocher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Michael Foord > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > As bool inherits from int, calling 'sys.exit' with False ought to be > > exactly the equivalent of calling it with 0. (False == 0, True == 1). > > SystemExitException.GetExitCode calls TypeCache.Int32.IsInstanceOfType > with the argument to the exit function, and this function returns > false when the type of the argument is System.Boolean. > > In other words, this discrepancy happens because > TypeCache.Int32.IsInstanceOfType(false) == false > TypeCache.Int32.IsInstanceOfType(4) == true > > Interestingly, a user-defined type that derives from "int" produces > the correct response. > > -- > Curt Hagenlocher > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users@lists.ironpython.com > http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com > -- Davy Mitchell Blog - http://www.latedecember.co.uk/sites/personal/davy/ Twitter - http://twitter.com/daftspaniel Skype - daftspaniel http://needgod.com
_______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@lists.ironpython.com http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com
