setup:
>>>myList=[1,True,'blah blah']
>>>print(myList.count(1))

Actual result:
2

Expected:
1

list.count() uses == to compare items, 1 and True compare equal, so this behavior is correct.

Thanks Alex for the reply,

Although Booleans & Integers may not be very practical in same list (or tuple, etc.) & the fact that bool is subclass of int, still I feel that the search implementation (count, index, etc.) is too simple in that matter.
Comparing both Value AND Data type while searching, looks more exact to me...

regards,
Varun

Varun: what do you think that

py> x = [1.0, 2.0, 3.0]
py> x.count(3)
1

should give? I think most people will agree that there is one single "three" in the list, as 3 and 3.0 are equal in all other contexts as well (as is 3.0+0j). If types were considered, this would give 0.

Hey Martin,

I think I got the point.
Meanwhile I created my own myCount() for my problem ;-)

Thanks.