Jonathan Lange wrote:
> On 2/23/07, Neal Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >>> bool ('False')
>> True
>>
>
> Non-empty strings are considered True, empty strings are considered
> False. This is not a wart, as the behaviour matches that of other
> sequences.
>
Well consider this:
>>>str (4)
'4'
>>>int(str (4))
4
>>>str (False)
'False'
>>>bool(str(False))
True
Doesn't this seem a bit inconsisent?
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