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Yes, 'as'[0] in Python is a great example. Idk how establishing an alias could mean deleting anything other than the alias but interacting with the global/nonlo

Yes, 'as'[0] in Python is a great example. Idk how establishing an alias could mean deleting anything other than the alias but interacting with the global/nonlocal keyword it can lead to some weird interactions[1]. Also in Python, True and False are a blessed instances of 1 and 0 with their logical operators overidden. So True + True == 2, but True is 1 => False. You can also search #watjs for more example of 'unclean' semantics. [0]: https://docs.python.org/3.4/reference/compound_stmts.html#except https://docs.python.org/3.4/reference/compound_stmts.html#ex... [1]: https://bugs.python.org/issue24321#msg244357 https://bugs.python.org/issue24321#msg244357

filmor 11y ago
True == 1 => True. Also, it makes heaps of sense to have the identity `1 if boolean else 0` baked into the language.
- berdario 11y ago
  While I agree on the pragmatic value of it, and I think this is a pretty minor blemish in the semantics of Python. You can easily have booleans as a completely different type, and yet avoid stuff like: `1 if boolean else 0`... In Haskell, for example, `True + True` and `True == 1` are compile errors (unless you defined wacky Num instances), and the boolean/int "identity" is simply handled by `fromEnum` (which works on any Enum, not only Bool) 1 == fromEnum True 0 == fromEnum False