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Author	r.david.murray
Recipients	Polux.Moon, docs@python, r.david.murray
Date	2014-12-18.15:15:53
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Message-id	<1418915753.99.0.457821782871.issue23083@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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>>> issubclass(bool, int) True >>> True == 1 True [41846 refs] >>> False == 0 True This is fundamental to Python, so it is not obvious that it is a good idea to mention bool explicitly in the sys.exit docs. Perhaps we could change it to say "int (or an int subclass such as bool)".

>>> issubclass(bool, int)
True
>>> True == 1
True
[41846 refs]
>>> False == 0
True

This is fundamental to Python, so it is not obvious that it is a good idea to mention bool explicitly in the sys.exit docs.  Perhaps we could change it to say "int (or an int subclass such as bool)".

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Date	User	Action	Args
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2014-12-18 15:15:53	r.david.murray	set	messageid: <1418915753.99.0.457821782871.issue23083@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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2014-12-18 15:15:53	r.david.murray	create