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> There's no type casting in Python. If you search "type casting in Python" you will find lots of articles explaining how to use int(), str(), etc. to cast. Th

• bb88 1y ago
  If we do it that way, we have worse problems. if "False": # What do you expect? True or False? print("True") else: print("False") bool() is consistent with how "truthiness" happens in python. Otherwise we end up with the YAML norway problem. if bool("False"): print("True") else: print("False") # This would be different if we landed here. And that would be different behavior then the above -- creating a nasty inconsistency. Honestly it's not that hard to write something that looks like this: def str_to_bool(val: str) -> bool: return val.lower() in ["yes", "true", "1"]
• jonathrg 1y ago
  bool() is not a function named after a fundamental type. bool is a type. As with any type, you can call bool(...) to construct a new object of that type. https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool A good tutorial will reflect this fact and use appropriate language. Both the idea that you can "cast", and the idea that bool is a function, are misunderstandings rooted in the idea that Python should be like C in all ways.