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  • Non int Boolean

    From Weatherby,Gerard@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 28 19:44:03 2023
    If someone really really wants a non-int Boolean, it is easy to implement. 5 or 6 lines, depending on whether you count the import statement:

    from enum import Enum


    class MyBool(Enum):
    TRUE = 42
    FALSE = 54


    def __bool__(self):
    return self == MyBool.TRUE


    #
    # testing
    #
    mytrue = MyBool.TRUE
    try:
    print(int(mytrue)) #this fails
    except TypeError as te:
    print(te)

    asbool = bool(mytrue)
    if mytrue:
    print("yep")

    myfalse = MyBool.FALSE
    if myfalse:
    print("nope")

    ---
    I would never use such a thing, and I would be annoyed if I can across code that did. As has been said (beaten to death?) Python has an existing well-understood boolean type.

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