diff Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex @ 24632:f6a97cd3ba24 2.2

Clarify that the bool instances are acceptable return values from __nonzero__(), in response to SF bug #579991.
author Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
date Wed, 07 Aug 2002 15:41:31 +0000
parents 5b66e63d7abb
children ecd4ada252bc
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--- a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex	Tue Aug 06 22:39:30 2002 +0000
+++ b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex	Wed Aug 07 15:41:31 2002 +0000
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@
 \begin{itemize}
 
 \item	\code{None}
-	\withsubitem{(Built-in object)}{\ttindex{None}}
+        \withsubitem{(Built-in object)}{\ttindex{None}}
+
+\item   \code{False}
+        \withsubitem{(Built-in object)}{\ttindex{False}}
 
 \item	zero of any numeric type, for example, \code{0}, \code{0L},
         \code{0.0}, \code{0j}.
@@ -38,8 +41,9 @@
 \item	any empty mapping, for example, \code{\{\}}.
 
 \item	instances of user-defined classes, if the class defines a
-	\method{__nonzero__()} or \method{__len__()} method, when that
-	method returns the integer zero.\footnote{Additional
+        \method{__nonzero__()} or \method{__len__()} method, when that
+        method returns the integer zero or \class{bool} value
+        \code{False}.\footnote{Additional 
 information on these special methods may be found in the
 \citetitle[../ref/ref.html]{Python Reference Manual}.}